Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are winding down the final days of the 114th Congress, and some of the work we have been engaged in is coming to fruition. I spoke to the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, who told me he thought the WRDA bill--the water resources development bill--was coming together and would likely be voted on in the House tomorrow. I believe that Senator McCain and Chairman Thornberry in the House-- the Armed Services Committee--have a national defense authorization bill that on Friday will be voted on in the House and then will be coming over here to the Senate. We know that we have to, by the December 9 deadline, pass an appropriations bill that will keep the lights on for the Federal Government for an undetermined, at this point, period of time, probably sometime into next spring, when we will have a new President and a new administration. This afternoon in the House, they are going to be voting on another important piece of legislation that I wanted to talk about briefly. It is called the 21st Century Cures Act. This has been a product of a lot of methodical and very deliberate hard work on both sides of the aisle in both Chambers, and it will make a big difference in the lives of Americans because it will help make our country healthier and stronger. As its name suggests, it will help develop medical treatments and cures for some of the most tragic health problems facing families today.…”