Political Quotes

“I am sure there will be people whom I have left off this list, and I apologize for that, but it just underscores the amount of collective effort that underpins our work. I could also easily expand that list to include those at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration who provided valuable assistance and technical expertise. We look forward, now that this bill has passed and headed to the President's desk for his signature, to working with them on its implementation. So again, I say thank you to my colleagues who supported this bill and all of those who were involved in bringing us to a conclusion. This is the culmination of many months of hard work, bipartisan negotiation. Frankly, it wasn't easy, and that is a great credit to the staff members I mentioned and to the individual members of our committee and the other committees who were so involved in seeing this get across the finish line. So I say thanks to the Members on the floor and the members of our committee. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.”