Political Quotes

“And still I rise. I rise today on behalf of my constituents, Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice. Marc and Debra have asked that I extend their sincerest gratitude to the House of Representatives, all of its leadership and membership, for the passage of H. Res. 17, a resolution that, in effect, supports the President's desire to bring their son home. Hence, Mr. Speaker, pursuant to their request, I thank Speaker Pelosi, because I had a personal conversation with Speaker Pelosi about this resolution, and I believe that that led to its coming to the floor. I thank Majority Leader Hoyer. He, in effect, orchestrated the bringing of this resolution to the floor. I thank Congressman Hill for his support of the resolution at the committee level and for his efforts to bring his constituent, Dr. Kamalmaz, home. I thank the outgoing chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Eliot Engel, for his efforts to bring the resolution out of committee. I also thank the ranking member, the Texan, Mr. McCaul, who is a person who has worked with me on many endeavors. He made this bipartisan early on, and I thank him for what he has done to help us get it through the committee. I thank Senator Cornyn, Senator Murray, the 41 cosponsors of H. Res. 17, the 52 Senators and 152 Representatives who signed on to a letter to the President. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from Debra Tice to President Trump. Friday, 13 November 2020.…”