Gary Palmer actually said...

"We do not live our lives that way. Why would we, as a representative of the American people, make decisions for them on that behalf the same way?"

"The reality is that our nation has approximately 215 disasters that have cost the taxpayers over a billion dollars, and that is just since 1980."

"If you are just going to study the projects or only going to build small parts of it, you are really not helping out there."

"Is this an issue, something that should be better addressed at the State level?"