Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Utah, and I want to thank him for bringing this bill to the floor. I also want to thank the majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, for bringing this bill to the floor tonight so we can see this authorization through before the end of this calendar year. I am proud to join my friend, Jackie Speier, my colleague from California, and other House colleagues, as well as Senator Dianne Feinstein and my Senator and dear friend, Mike Enzi from Wyoming, in passing this reauthorization bill. The stamp says, ``Fund the Fight. Find a Cure.'' That is why we are here tonight. This is a budget-neutral way to fund critical research to treat and, hopefully, one day cure this disease. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in proud support of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015. To have over $80 million raised since 1998 from this stamp for breast cancer research and have it be budget-neutral is a wonderful way to acknowledge the importance of what we can do as private citizens once the government authorizes and empowers us to fund research through something we would buy every day anyway, and that is stamps. So, once again, it is so important that we continue to support this funding of medical research and doing it in a fiscally responsible way that could save hundreds of lives. Who knows; maybe that one little book of stamps that you buy that helps fund breast cancer research will be the one that finds the cure. Fund the fight. Find a cure. Mr.…”