Susan Davis: “Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 84 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…”

I hope we are better than that. But I worry that as we continue to come back that is not always the case.

There was a United States senator once from Illinois named Barack Obama who got into the SAFETEA-LU Bill that you could use a half a percent of your SAFETEA-LU money to build the road construction work force of the future, women, people of…

this is a national emergency and it could be a matter of life and death.

I thank Mr. Scott for yielding me the additional time. We all talk a good game in wanting to build this economy and build opportunities for our constituents who do not want to pursue a 4-year degree, but we haven't put financial muscle and…