Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I want to thank my chairwoman, Mrs. Nita Lowey, for all the work that she has been doing, along with the staff-- fantastic work--and, of course, my colleague from Texas, also, Ms. Granger, for her and her staff working together as a team. Madam Speaker, I am speaking on this bill. As you know, anytime you develop a consensus, there are things that we might disagree on, but I just have to say that there are so many good things that I agree with: the work that they did for trade, commerce, education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, border security, the military, and our veterans. Just to highlight a couple of things: $673 million to hire more immigration judges and support staff; $7.5 billion increase for the Census Bureau; $8 million for the fever ticks, which is so important for south Texas; $50 million-plus for the Department of Defense Impact Aid and $20 million for the Department of Defense Impact Aid for Children with Disabilities for our military bases in Texas and across the Nation; $32 million for carbon emissions capture research, technologies, and storage. We are number one in Texas in energy, but we want to make sure that we do it in a safe environmental way; $135 million for Small Business Development Centers to make sure that we emphasize our small businesses; and Title I Grants to our local schools, which got $16.3 billion.…”