Political Quotes

“I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, virtually all of my colleagues have expressed gratitude for this bipartisan-bicameral effort, and I want to add my words to that also. I particularly want to thank two members of the House Natural Resources staff--Tim Charters and Amanda Tharpe--because they worked diligently on this, especially this last week in getting the final language together. It's not often that you get to thank one person who now has served in both bodies, but former Ranking Member Ed Markey was a cosponsor originally of H.R. 527. Senator Markey has now been a big advocate over in the Senate, and I want to thank him and his staff. I particularly want to thank again Senator Wyden and Senator Murkowski and their staffs because we recognized earlier on that this had to be done before a date certain. Obviously, as we've said many times on this floor, there are differences between the two bodies in how they approach different issues--and that was certainly true with this one--but we knew we had to get this done, so we have a piece now that, I think, both sides and both Houses can agree on. With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of the resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, H. Res. 354. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”