Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman, my dear friend from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), not only for managing his rule, but for the time that he has invested not into just this issue, but the issues that come before the Rules Committee, and I want to thank him for his service. I also want to thank, if I can, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings)--welcome back to the committee after a couple of days of being out with surgery--and for the vigorous hearing that we had yesterday at the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, we had an opportunity to have Mr. Ruppersberger, the leader for the Democrats from the Intelligence Committee, as well as Mike Rogers from Michigan, the chairman of the committee. Both came and vigorously talked about the things which are aimed at our country-- cyber threats, nation-states, nations such as China, North Korea, and others who are trying to invade our Internet here in the United States and to steal not only information and data, but also thoughts, ideas, and money. So it gave us an opportunity yesterday to have a great hearing, one which was full of detail, one which really offered intrigue by our Members and a lot of thought process by all those who came before the committee. However, I would like to advise, if I can, that following the closing statements on the rule before us, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.…”