Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, no one could be more disappointed than myself in the fact that we don't have a conference report before us at this point in time. With so many different committees and the four corners working to resolve so many issues, I had hoped that we would get over the goal line and be here with that conference report. Unfortunately, events overtook us and objectives of the calendar and a variety of issues that narrowed the discussion we have before us today to two focus points: one, the Science Committee's work with the Commerce Committee in the Senate and language that basically would incent the semiconductor industry. And our colleagues voted to proceed on those two measures, and there was a lot of discussion on what the definition of a ``skinny bill'' was. Not sure, exactly--I mean, I know a lot of the events that got us to that discussion. But I will say to my colleague that he is correct. When USICA left the U.S. Senate, it included this language, and this language was very much debated in conference, and it was part of the jurisdiction of several committees, but primarily the HELP Committee, whose content is now not part of the legislation we are considering. So I am hopeful that we will get those committees that have jurisdiction over this language to rectify their differences between the House and the Senate, but that is what four corners is.…”