Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak in favor of the reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act. I first thank Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Senator Patty Murray of Washington, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa for their hard work on this bill. We can see from that list of Senators alone that this has been a truly bipartisan effort to reauthorize this Workforce Investment Act. Of course, we have heard through the course of this discussion how on the House side Kline, Miller, Foxx, and Hinojosa worked on it, which is bipartisan on that side of the building. And the two have been working together, which is bicameral. That doesn't happen a lot around here, but on bills that make it through to the President's signature it does happen, and it has happened on this one. I thank the many Senators who have had suggestions for this bill. A lot of those suggestions have wound up in here. Some of them had amendments that we will have to continue to work on in the future, and they were very gracious in revising some of those so that they would fit what we are doing and still get the bill done. I know Tim Scott could have taken a lot more credit for what he did in the House and when it came over here, but he has been extremely cooperative in using his knowledge of the bill to further the bill.…”