Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his kind words and for his partnership. This has been a true partnership with every member of the committee, but I particularly appreciate Mr. Graves' leadership as our vice chair. Madam Speaker, I want to just dive in a bit on where he ended, which is we are the first select committee in several decades to propose and adopt recommendations on a rolling basis. Put simply, when we have consensus, we move. We are also the first select committee in recent history to introduce our recommendations as legislation, to ensure that they actually get implemented further on down the road. We introduced legislation in December, H. Res. 756, that incorporates the first two sets of recommendations passed by the select committee, and we are expecting a committee markup soon. The select committee unanimously approved a third set of recommendations in December, and those recommendations fit into three broad categories. The first set emphasizes the necessity of civility and the importance of bipartisan collaboration in Congress. Select committee members believe that Congress is stronger when Members find ways to work together to solve problems, and civility is key to making Congress a more productive institution that better serves the American people. That is especially important now. And the select committee intends to continue pushing for improved civility through further recommendations.…”