Political Quotes

“Instead of giving top-down directives from Washington, we should be allowing for the equity of Federal resources and take into account local needs. What works for some transportation corridors might not work for others. We simply have different needs with regard to our computing patterns and tourism patterns in other areas of the country. I am proud to bring up this amendment with a strong bipartisan coalition of Members, which includes Representatives Coffman, Perlmutter, Schweikert, DeGette, McSally, and Kirkpatrick, because we can't effectively discuss funding levels like those in the underlying bill without first putting in place equitable policies that encourage innovation for their disbursement. I ask that my colleagues work with me and the coalition of Members I have named to find and enact a fix as we move forward with the transportation reauthorization later this summer. I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) to see if he will be willing to work with us with regard to finding a fix on this policy issue.”