Political Quotes

“Ms. Norton, you hit right on with your closing sentence. It is about the middle class; it is about middle class jobs; it is about growing the economy and laying the foundation for present and future economic growth. We could do that. The President's plan last year, which he called the GROW AMERICA Act--and I am saying this year we call it the GROW AMERICA Act II--is $478 billion. That is a lot of money, and we put that into the surface transportation. I was thinking about as you were talking about the surface transportation, Mr. Tonko, over there, and about the new Amtrak bill that just passed out of our committee. It will be on the floor pretty soon. It calls for a lot of investment for Amtrak on the Northeast corridor so that you can go from Washington, D.C., to your home up on the Hudson River. I think there is a rail line that goes up there.”