Political Quotes

“I am pleased to be here with my good friend the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Shelby from Alabama. We worked hard on this bill, he as chairman and I as vice chairman. We reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement that will fund the Federal Government in fiscal year 2020. The agreement rejects some devastating and shortsighted cuts proposed by the President. It makes historic investments in the American people and working families. It fully implements the bipartisan budget agreement and allows us to invest an additional $27 billion in nondefense programs to benefit our Nation's children, improve our educational institutions, protect our environment, combat the opioid crisis, promote and grow our economy, invest in our infrastructure, and protect our elections. There is a lot in here. There are 12 appropriations bills put into 2 minibuses. The first, we refer to as the domestic minibus bill. That is a strong bipartisan bill that makes real and historic investments in the American people and our communities. It rejects anti-science and know-nothingism proposals by making record-level investments in science and research programs. We all know that you have to invest in science and research, and you cannot turn this on and off year by year. We have to think long term. We also have to invest in our children's education.…”