Political Quotes

“I pointed out that a provision of funding in the crime bill that passed last year allows increased lighting for roads, and under the gentleman's amendment that could be interpreted that the improvement in lighting is some kind of improvement to a road that is not allowed, when the improvement in lighting was found by its inclusion in this bill, last year's crime bill to be for the purpose of fighting crime. I just want to say that the gentleman is taking this out of context. The purpose of grants, block grants are for the purpose of reducing crime and improving public safety, and we believe that local officials that do not use the funds for that purpose are not going to be local officials for much longer.”