"California, particularly the San Joaquin Valley, where my district is located, has some of the worst air quality in the Nation."
"I support the funding of Highway 99, supported a measure that provided $1 billion for that."
"Without these leaders--think about it--we wouldn't have had the Transcontinental Railroad."
"I believe, a canard or a bait-and-switch to say that the money that we are talking about here can be transferred to Highway 99, because it can't."
"It is time to step up and do what is right."
"America has always attempted to be a Nation of bold, visionary leaders who dared to think big in times of difficulty."
"I submit today to tell you that if it had not been for that multibillion-dollar construction project, we wouldn't have the benefits of that transportation plan."
"Clearly, all is possible if we can only work together, which often times is in short supply around here."
"I want to know what the National Oceans Council is doing to gather new information, more accurate information..."
"this is an improvement, an attempt to improve the efforts that President Bush did."
"What binds us together as a nation... is far greater--far greater as a nation than whatever disagreements or divisions we may have."