Political Quotes

“the House passed an African Growth and Opportunity Act extension by voice vote last week. This is an important bill for the continued economic development of sub-Saharan Africa. To date, AGOA, as it is known--the African Growth and Opportunity Act--has created 150,000 jobs, some believe even many more than that. We cleared that House bill on our side of the aisle last week. We are waiting for some other clearances from the other side of the aisle. Initially, we were going to ask UC this evening to call up the bill and pass the House bill today. I think we are making tremendous progress. We have had discussions on the floor on both sides of the aisle today, and therefore I will withhold making that unanimous consent request. I am very hopeful, based on progress, that with some further discussions we will be able to clear this bill tomorrow. Our intention is to clear the bill or, if not, to formally ask unanimous consent to pass the bill before we adjourn for the July 4 recess, given the importance of this bill.”