Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my friend from New Jersey because we have worked on a lot of issues together over the past almost 14 years now, and I do agree with him. There are few moments where we have a chance to sort of have a kumbaya moment. MTB, a week or two ago, was one of those. Tonight, on GSP, is another one that doesn't sound--you know, GSP, people ask: What is that? And we tried to explain it tonight. It is a complicated issue, but the bottom line is that this is good for American businesses. It creates jobs, energizes the economy. Coupled with tax reform and fair trade agreements that we are also working together on, I think we can look forward to a bright, bright future here in the United States for our working men and women and our families. So our last renewal of GSP in 2015 allowed TRI to hire more employees, as I said. So we are looking forward to, you know, more jobs being created. And TRI, I know, is going to be very pleased by the fact that this is going to be voted on tonight. It is clear that H.R. 4979 has strong bipartisan support, and for good reason. Renewing GSP will benefit U.S. companies, workers, and consumers. Any additional delay in renewing this important program has real costs in my home State, as I mentioned, and throughout the country. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”