Political Quotes

“I thank the chairperson of the committee, Mr. Engel, and the ranking member of the committee, Mr. McCaul, for supporting this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I am on a mission of mercy. I have been on a mission of mercy for 8 years because it has been more than 8 years now that Austin Tice has been detained in Syria. Eight years it has been. That is also how long this family has been grieving. I, too, know the Tice family. I have met with them multiple times and talked with them multiple times today, in fact. I am grateful to many people who have made it possible for this resolution to come to the floor, so I think it important that I immediately thank them. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Speaker Pelosi because I talked to her personally about the Tice situation. I thank Majority Leader Hoyer; I had a conversation with him. I want to thank Congressman Hill for his steadfast resolve to not only help Austin but to help Dr. Kamalmaz, his constituent. Again, Chairman Engel has been stellar, superb, and supreme in allowing this to come to the floor. Mr. McCaul has been a great partner. He has demonstrated the kind of bipartisanship that the public expects from us on issues such as these. Of course, I thank the 41 cosponsors of this legislation. Finally, I thank the Tice family for having the courage, the strength, the intestinal fortitude to stay with it. Never one time have they given up on the belief that their son, their eldest son, can be returned home to them.…”