Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I want to give my thanks and appreciation to my Democratic colleagues on the committee, especially subcommittee Ranking Members Sanford Bishop, Matt Cartwright, Betty McCollum, Marcy Kaptur, Steny Hoyer, Henry Cuellar, Chellie Pingree, Adriano Espaillat, Debbie Wassermann Schultz, Barbara Lee, and Mike Quigley, for fighting hard for the American people and for Democratic priorities in each of your bills. In the majority, my thanks and congratulations to subcommittee chairs Andy Harris, Harold Rogers, Ken Calvert, Chuck Fleischmann, Steve Womack, David Joyce, Mike Simpson, Robert Aderholt, Mark Amodei, John Carter, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Tom Cole. I thank you all for engaging in these hard-fought negotiations with respect and patriotism. My deep appreciation goes to the majority and minority staff, especially Minority Staff Director Chris Bigelow, Minority Clerks Martha Foley, Bob Bonner, Jennifer Chartrand, Scott McKee, Matt Smith, Bob Joachim, Rita Culp, Stephen Steigleider, Faye Cobb, Jenny Neuscheler, Erin Kolodjeski, and Christina Monroe. I also want to thank my front office staff, Jason Gray, Raquel Spencer, Adam Wilson, Ryann Kinney, Alex Swann, Tom Tucker, as well as my communications staff Katelynn Thorpe and Ben Cowlishaw.…”