Political Quotes

“And still I rise because I love my country, and I rise today with a very special message concerning some of the disasters that confront us in this country. I rise because, last night, this House passed H.R. 3702. This was a piece of legislation designed to deal with emergency management after these disasters. It is styled the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019. This is an important piece of legislation that passed, and because it has passed the House, it is most appropriate that we do several things. The first is to acknowledge the support that it had in the House and give thanks to those who have supported the legislation. I have to thank all the 290 Members of this House who voted to support this legislation--290 Members. It was bipartisan. Mrs. Ann Wagner was the Republican lead on this bill, and she did great work in bringing along the bipartisan effort that was necessary to pass the legislation--Mrs. Ann Wagner, a cosponsor of the legislation to deal with natural disasters. I would also like to thank my chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee, the Honorable Maxine Waters, who fought fearlessly to help us get this passed. But I cannot do this without acknowledging the ranking member, the Honorable Mr. McHenry, who also fought to get it passed. In fact, it passed out of the committee unanimously because of Waters and McHenry, and because of the Honorable Ann Wagner. It passed out of the committee unanimously.…”