Political Quotes

“We don't know where he is going to land. What I want to say is that wherever he does land, it is going to be a fortunate thing for the Democrat who is his partner. Working with Senator Inhofe has been so amazing and so productive, and this bill is a great symbol of the work we have done together. I am so thrilled. I hope that our colleagues will work with us because we want to help everybody, but we also want to make sure there are no poison pills and no crazy amendments that set us back. We will work together on that in good faith. Water Resources Development Act Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016--WRDA--a bill that will repair our aging infrastructure, grow the economy, and create jobs. This legislation is the latest in a long list of bipartisan infrastructure bills produced by the Environment and Public Works Committee. In April, this bill passed out of the EPW Committee with overwhelming support--19 to 1. We have a long track record of passing these infrastructure bills into law, and I am confident we can do it again with WRDA 2016. This bill is desperately needed. As I have often said in recent months, the drinking water crisis in Flint, MI, puts a spotlight on our Nation's infrastructure challenges. The American Society of Civil Engineers rates the Nation's infrastructure a D-plus--hardly a grade to be proud of. WRDA 2016 responds to our nation's infrastructure crisis.…”