Mother Mary Clare Millea, the superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who headed the investigation, broke down briefly when she reached the passage of her prepared statement in which she thanked the cardinal and his deputy "for responding to us with sensitivity, respect and clarity".
It was as an intellectual catalyst, however, that he influenced the passage of the council's landmark statements on religious liberty, the church in the modern world and the church's relations with other religions, especially Judaism.
In the key passage of Comey's statement, he writes: The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, "He is a good guy and has been through a lot".
"This is a significant victory for individual New Yorkers, clean government and clean campaign finance," Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council and a driving force behind the original passage of the provisions, said in a statement.
Gov. George W. Bush of Texas issued a statement applauding passage of the disclosure bill.
Mr. Withers said in a statement that passage of the legislation would "reinvigorate student life and enable universities to provide once again the fundamental services that help students to navigate university".
President Bush said in a statement that House passage of the legislation was "another major step forward in achieving the transformation of the U.S.-India relationship".
Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the head of the F.D.A., said in a statement that the passage of the bill "has laid the critical foundation for a prevention-based 21st-century food safety system".
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq said in a statement that the passage of the law had been a "historic victory of the will of the people" and a "strong response" to those seeking to undermine Iraq's democracy.
"The Board of Supervisors got it wrong," CALinnovates Montgomery said in a statement after the passage of the amendment.
