Political Quotes

“I wish to speak to Senators for a minute and tell Members this amendment is the end of the Federal highway system. The States oppose it. My friend from Utah gave a very impassioned speech earlier in which he essentially said: Free the States. Let them be free. But the States oppose this amendment. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials strongly oppose it and so does the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Trucking Associations, American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association. The fact is it would result in an immediate 80-percent cut to our States at a time when we still have 700,000 unemployed construction workers and thousands of businesses that are waiting--just waiting--to rebuild the infrastructure. I hope Members will vote no on this radical amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.”