Political Quotes

“I again thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his work on this. I also thank the original cosponsor on this bill, Mr. Ryan from Ohio, who may be stuck in the snow out there, or maybe it has slowed down his progress to get to Washington; but the gentleman hails from eastern Ohio, right on the Pennsylvania border. I know that this is going to impact his district, and I was glad that he and I were able to work together on this commonsense piece of legislation that is going to help hundreds of thousands of people--if not millions of people--all up and down these corridors who have had a very, very difficult winter. I know that, looking at The Weather Channel or one of the weather stations out in Minnesota, they may need propane until the end of May because of the kind of winter they have had up there. There have been very, very, very cold, extreme weather conditions. Again, H.R. 4076 provides the ability of the Transportation Department to extend this and help with this crisis and, as we have all said here today, strong bipartisan support; so I would urge all my colleagues today to vote on H.R. 4076. I now yield 2 minutes to another gentleman from northwestern Ohio (Mr. Latta).”