Political Quotes

“very briefly, this is a difficult bill, as the distinguished Senator from Nevada has said. There is a lot of work that goes into it. If anybody was completely 100 percent happy with it, we would not have done our job, because there are too many interests. The only way to accommodate them is to work on a bipartisan basis. I want to say this while the Senator from Nevada is here. The Senator from Nevada and the Senator from Vermont and, obviously, my good friend from Wyoming, on both sides of the aisle, with Senator Inhofe as chairman of the committee, have worked well together, including the occupant of the chair. This is probably one of the most important economic stimulus infrastructure bills we are going to act on this year, or maybe for quite a few years. I hope we can get a solid vote to move forward tomorrow. There is a lot more work to be done, as I believe several have already said. We are waiting for the House to act. When the House acts, we will take it and work with them and we will take into consideration what the White House has said to see if we can--and we must--craft a good bill that takes care of the crying needs of infrastructure. I have said before on this floor so many times that it is not just a question of convenience, of cutting down on idling time, it is a question of long-term economic growth as well as immediate jobs. In Missouri, it is a question of saving lives by having adequate highways.”