Political Quotes

“It is my privilege to thank both the chairman and chairwoman of the full committee and all of the chairs and ranking members for their outstanding job, particularly on bringing us to this point, though much work needs to be done. I am going to speak as fast as I can, but I am very grateful for the $7.9 billion in the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, which will include many of us who have suffered from Hurricane Harvey in 2017, but, more particularly, will help those who are suffering with much devastation after Hurricane Florence. I am grateful for the 2.6 percent raise of our military personnel, and the $40 million for the historically Black colleges and universities that we have worked on, and minority serving institutions for basic research programs. And then I worked on the issue dealing with triple-negative breast cancer, and I am pleased with $374 million for cancer research and $130 million for breast cancer research, being a breast cancer survivor. And particularly, though, I would have wanted the Violence Against Women Act to be on the floor and pass the full bill. I am glad for the $35 million for continued implementation expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims Counsel Program under Defense. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”