Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to thank my friend from Minnesota. Her leadership when she was on the Environment and Public Works Commission was amazing. We miss her leadership there. She is working so hard on other committees, but she still carries in her heart the great understanding that if anything is bipartisan around here, it is the highway bill and the transportation programs. We proved it here. So I thank the Senator. I wish to talk a little bit about Big Oil and this crying about Big Oil by my Republican friends here, and then I am going to segue to the battle to pass a transportation bill and the 3 million jobs that hang in the balance. First, I have to say that I listened very hard to the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, talk about what a useless thing it is to try to say to Big Oil, which has had these big subsidies for so long, decade after decade, starting when they were young companies--what a terrible thing it would be to take away those subsidies, billions of dollars, when they are making multibillion dollars and they are robbing us at the pump, pocketing the profit. We would like to see that money be used for alternative fuels, for energy-efficient cars so that we don't have to worry so much if the price of gas goes up a penny. If we are getting 50 to 60 miles to a gallon--I drive a hybrid car, and I don't visit the gas station that often because we get about 50 miles to the gallon, so the shocks that come with the increase in gas are a little bit muted.…”