Political Quotes

“Again, I want to thank Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger, also Ranking Member Simpson. Today, I rise, again, in support of another one of our great appropriations bills, the Energy and Water and Related Agencies bill. As the Speaker knows, I spoke earlier in very fervent support of the Homeland Security bill. The Energy and Water bill is robust. It is well-funded. I just actually spoke with a member of the press outside, and the gentleman asked me, over the past few years, why the Energy and Water bill had been increased so much. The answer is clear: It is because Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate and the administrations, including this administration as well, understand that the Nation needs what the Department of Energy is doing. Now, obviously, I have a bit of a bias. I represent, I think, one of the greatest Department of Energy reservations at Oak Ridge. We have a national lab. We have the Y-12 plant. We are building the uranium processing facility. I thank the chairwoman for the robust funding for that great construction project. Also, legacy cleanup all across the United States of America--not only in Oak Ridge, but in Savannah River; in Hanford, Washington; in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Republicans and Democrats and communities are working together cleaning up legacy waste.…”