Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to begin by extending my congratulations to our chairman. You are a distinguished chairman, and it really has been a great pleasure for me to work with you. I think we have accomplished a task which hopefully sets an example for other bills that will be shortly forthcoming. But, more importantly than anything, it is really the integrity, sincerity, and earnestness with which you go about this job of chairing this subcommittee. I am very pleased to be Tonto to your Lone Ranger. So thank you very much for that. The chairman has been very distinct in his remarks about pointing out some of the major features, but we have one major infrastructure program in our bill, and that, of course, is the Army Corps of Engineers--other than, I should say, the highway bill. That is $1.4 billion over the budget request. I think that is a very good number that should enable more projects that are vital all across this great land to move forward. The second is the Bureau of Reclamation, and that is $163 million over the budget request. It includes $100 million for western drought. We have 17 States within the Bureau of Reclamation's jurisdiction. What is happening with dryness in the western part of the United States is really a very serious threat to the economic and social well-being of our country. I am very pleased at that mark. All applied energy accounts are funded at levels equal to current- year levels.…”