Political Quotes

For months we have been calling for a long- term surface transportation bill to replace the one that expires at the end of this month. In recent weeks, I have joined many of my colleagues as we counted down the days left for Congress to…

Today we will vote on what, hopefully, will be this Congress' last short-term extension of the highway bill. We have made progress on a long-term bill, and the House should consider that legislation next week. This is good news. But the…

2 weeks ago, I attended the funeral of one of our colleagues, my good friend, Congressman Mark Takai of Hawaii, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Mark was a great leader. He served his country both in the military and the Hawaii…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline) to speak in support of this important amendment.