Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. I will just add, Nick, that I know you have spent some 25 years here on the Hill, 17 with our committee. Though I benefited from your good counsel before becoming the ranking Democrat on the Human Resources Subcommittee, I particularly appreciated your good counsel during the last 3 years, whether it was working on child abuse and our successful work with former Chair Dave Camp and getting a national commission or dealing with problems of the unemployed. Just overall, the jurisdiction of our subcommittee is about children, children in need. Whether they are under this SSI program or child abuse or child care, they are children who should be able to rely on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Family program for their needs. Nick has been an able advocate for children and someone who did work well, as Chairman Ryan said, with all members of our committee to advance these purposes. We wish him well in his new endeavors, and we thank him for his service. Mr. Speaker, if I might talk just a little bit about the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act, it is about getting new treatments quickly into the lives of patients that are suffering from dread diseases across America, reauthorizing existing law. Senator Ron Wyden led this effort successfully in the Senate with Senator Hatch. And here, my colleagues, Mr. Marino and Mr.…”