Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to stand before you today to speak about two bills that have come from the Modernization Subcommittee, which encompass the select committee's mission to make Congress work better for the American people. Each of these bills addresses a problem or challenge we identified through the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. I thank our subcommittee chair, Stephanie Bice, and our subcommittee colleagues, Joe Morelle and Mike Carey, for their bipartisan partnership on these bills, too, as well as our full committee chairman, Bryan Steil. As many of you know, the Congressional Research Service, or CRS, mission is to provide timely, objective, and authoritative research and analysis to Congress, its Members, committees, and staff. The policy proposals we put forth are better for CRS' involvement and support of us. That is why our subcommittee took it very seriously when CRS' interim director, Robert Newlen, approached us about a few challenges CRS was having and ways we could help. In the select committee, we recommended congressional committees consider the authorities for congressional support agencies and identify those that need updating. H.R. 7592 and our next bill, H.R. 7593, are perfect examples of this. Under existing law, the Library of Congress is required to produce hardbound copies of the Constitution with annotations, also referred to as CONAN.…”