Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I recognize this motion to recommit is one I support. It is a motion that will I think make the bill's purposes be specifically spelled out. And I would suggest that what the gentleman, the ranking member, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) said, this is a working instrument, bipartisan, by all Members of both sides of the aisle who have worked very long and hard to arrive at a decision and passed a bill which we believe is a very good piece of legislation. But we requested going to conference. It is because of the differences, as usual, between the Senate and the House, as it should be. It is my hope, with the cooperation we have had in the past, we will be able to talk to the Senate and convince them that we are in the right position at the right time. I will say, everybody knows where we came from, to begin with, it is a considerable amount of more money than passed the House. The Senate does have more money in the bill, and it is now our job to try to reach a decision to do what is best for this great Nation of ours in our infrastructure. I have to stress that, and infrastructure is the key to our economy.”