Political Quotes

“You said earlier that the American Society of Engineers--I think that was the name--said that we have a D rating for infrastructure, and that we need over $2 trillion. I don't know anybody in my district, where we may have a serious flood in the next 3 days, that says the infrastructure is adequate. They're looking at those levees, and they're watching the water rise, and they're going, this isn't sufficient to protect us. So in a very real sense of just safety, infrastructure is needed. But also, it's needed for employment. You correctly raised the issue of the veterans coming back, $2 trillion--there's no doubt about the need. America knows there's a need. As the four of us have discussed here, there is a need, even a crying need, and a human safety need right now, not tomorrow, not 10 years from now, but immediately. {time} 2050 The question is: How do we go about making that happen? And here 435 of us and 100 Senators on the other side of this building have the ability to answer the crying need of Americans to build our infrastructure, to give us the jobs to provide the foundation for economic growth, and to protect us. We have that power. Let's continue our discussion. Mr. Tonko.”