Political Quotes

Alan Simpson

The Public Record

Quotes by year · 19942025801 total · peak 1996 (134)
1994: 37 quotes1995: 12 quotes1996: 134 quotes2000: 8 quotes2001: 12 quotes2002: 10 quotes2004: 2 quotes2005: 4 quotes2006: 7 quotes2007: 7 quotes2008: 1 quote2009: 1 quote2011: 102 quotes2012: 15 quotes2013: 35 quotes2014: 96 quotes2015: 82 quotes2016: 73 quotes2017: 40 quotes2018: 47 quotes2019: 18 quotes2020: 4 quotes2021: 16 quotes2022: 2 quotes2023: 23 quotes2024: 10 quotes2025: 3 quotes
Jul 27, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

govinfo.gov
Jul 27, 2021

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Strickland).

govinfo.gov
Jul 27, 2021

I support this amendment and hope that Members will vote for it. I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I support this amendment and urge Members to pass it. I yield back the balance of my time.

govinfo.gov
Mar 18, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. For years, my constituents have been asking me to fix our Nation's broken immigration system. They have told me that the…

govinfo.gov
Jul 30, 2020

I thank my good friend from Oklahoma for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in reluctant opposition to H.R. 7617, the six-bill fiscal year 2021 appropriations package that includes the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. I…

govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 2020

I thank my good friend from Utah for yielding. I know that was painful. Mr. Speaker, I rise in favor of the Great American Outdoors Act. It makes sense to me that, if we are going to have public lands and preserve public lands for…

govinfo.gov
Jan 10, 2020

For personal reasons, I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 5--Prev. Question, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 6--H. Res. 781, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 7--H. Con. Res. 83, ``yea'' on rollcall No…

govinfo.gov
Jan 8, 2020

For personal reasons, I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 2--Previous Question, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 3--H. Res. 779, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 4--H.R. 2881. ____________________

govinfo.gov
Dec 17, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and particularly division C, the Energy and Water Development and Related…

govinfo.gov
Dec 11, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in favor of H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and I thank Chairwoman Lofgren, her staff, the committee staff, and the personal staff of all the Members who have been working…

govinfo.gov
Dec 10, 2019

For personal reasons, I missed the first vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 657, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 658, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 659. ____________________

govinfo.gov
Sep 19, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the continuing resolution before us today. I think we can all agree that continuing resolutions aren't the ideal solution to funding our government. In…

govinfo.gov
Jun 18, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I appreciate my friend from Louisiana's passion on this issue. Saying that the Corps has $100 billion backlog, it is not really the Corps' fault for that. It is our fault in that we haven't…

govinfo.gov
Jun 18, 2019

If those are flaws in the process, then I am sure that a court challenge by the NRDC will actually bring those out. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), my friend.

govinfo.gov
Jun 18, 2019

Let me just say, first of all, that everything you have heard from the former attorney for the NRDC is just nonsense, and the reason it is nonsense is because he doesn't know. Nobody knows. That is why we have a review of these procedures…

govinfo.gov
Jun 12, 2019

I thank the chairwoman for yielding time. I rise today in reluctant opposition to H.R. 2740, the four-bill fiscal 2020 appropriations package that includes the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. As ranking member of that…

govinfo.gov
Feb 14, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this conference report and commend Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger and their staffs for the hard work that goes into this. Not many people understand…

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

First of all, there are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. There are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. There are no funds in this bill to expand or build detention facilities. But…

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

I would just say that the argument I just heard is kind of ridiculous. If what we are going to do is list everything this bill, these funds, can't be spent on, I don't think we should be able to give any of this money to NASA to put a man…

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

First, I would like to assure my colleague that I am not opposed to the project she is trying to fund. I am aware of the project and its importance to Puerto Rico. In a different context, I could support it. In fact, as the previous…

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

I would just say, again, it doesn't really matter whether you vote for this amendment or not. It doesn't really do anything because the project is not eligible. What we are doing by adopting this amendment is raising false hopes, knowing…

govinfo.gov
Jan 16, 2019

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

govinfo.gov
Jan 11, 2019

I thank the gentleman from California, my good friend, for yielding and for the job that he has done as chairman of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee in the past. Let me begin by saying that we all want the…

govinfo.gov
Jan 10, 2019

I have always found this debate interesting, but we know what this is all about. This is all about the negotiations on border security. What I found interesting is to listen to everybody talk about the President not being willing to…

govinfo.gov

Politicians like Alan Simpson