Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I thank all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their work: our chairman, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith); and also the ranking gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson); my counterpart on the subcommittee, Representative Bera; and also Representative Perlmutter, the gentleman from Colorado; and all of my fellow members on the subcommittee and our entire committee. I take a moment to also thank our hardworking staff, and that includes Tom Hammond, Mike Mineiro, Jonathan Charlton, Ryan Faith, Molly Fromm, and Chris Wydler from the majority staff. I also thank Steve Janushkowsky, Jeannie Kranz, Stuart Burns from my congressional staff, and Allen Li and Pamela Whitney from the minority staff. Mr. Speaker, it is because of their countless hours of hard work, negotiation, and finding common ground that we will now send this bill from the floor of this House of Representatives to the resolute desk of the Oval Office to be signed into law. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, S. 442. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________”