Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague Senator Blunt and echo his comments this morning. I come to the floor to urge our colleagues to support this conference report. I do thank Chairman Shelby, Vice Chairman Leahy, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Ranking Member Lowey, as well as Leaders McConnell and Schumer. Because of their hard work and leadership, we have been able to work together across the aisle and pass bills under regular order in a way that we have been unable to do for many years. I also want to again thank my partners on the LHHS part of this bill--Senator Blunt, Representative Cole, and Representative DeLauro-- and I want to recognize the effort of the staffs on both sides of the aisle who worked extremely hard over the summer. Thank you to all who have brought us this far. I am very proud that we were able to negotiate and pass our bill through our committees and the Senate floor of Congress--something that has not been done here on the Senate side for over a decade--and that we were able to work together to get this conference report done. I believe this was possible because we rejected partisanship and poison pill riders and worked together to make strong investments in families, patients, students, children, workers, and our middle class. Our bill builds on the strong work we have done to increase access to child care and early learning.…”