Political Quotes

“the Senate does continue to make steady progress on the business of the American people. We are hard at work funding the basic obligations of Government. Today, we passed the Military Construction Appropriations Act. The Military Construction appropriations bill funds the entire Department of Veterans Affairs along with the construction of all five branches. It provides for cancer research and funding for our VA hospitals, along with covering the cost of our treasured national monuments. I congratulate Senators Hutchison and Feinstein for accomplishing consideration and passage of that bill in a single day. It took the cooperation of a lot of Members and proves that we can go quickly through the appropriations process. Again, I thank both of them. This morning we also passed with near unanimous support the Agriculture appropriations bill. I thank Senator Bennett and Senator Kohl for their tremendous work and leadership on this important bill. The Agriculture bill targets spending on the needs of rural America, while also maintaining funding for essential food assistance programs. The bill is particularly important to farmers in States all across the country, but in particular I want to comment on my home State.…”