Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to thank Senator Corker for his remarks because I have been here a while, and I haven't heard a more honest speech in my life on the Senate floor. I haven't heard a more passionate speech, a speech in which the Senator just spoke from his heart and with his brain, which is quite competent. I thank the Senator for it because there are some times when you do feel like shouting. I guess that was a movie, ``I Can't Take It Anymore.'' It is ridiculous that we are where we are. We knew for 2 years--2 years--that the highway trust fund was going to run out of money. We knew it for 2 years. That is why in May Senator Vitter and I, Senator Carper, Senator Barrasso, and others on both sides of the aisle passed a 6-year bill. We knew it was coming. We wanted to wake up our colleagues. And we did wake them up but, sadly, to a short-term fix instead of a long-term fix, a multiyear bill. I so agree with my friend. It is the political will that is lacking. There is always an excuse followed by an excuse. The next thing we know they will say: The dog ate my homework. We have heard every excuse. And the Senator is so right. We will be in Presidential races, and then we will start with more Senate races and more congressional races, and people won't want to take a tough vote again. This is the greatest Nation on Earth, but we have to reflect the greatness in our work here, and we are not.…”