Political Quotes

Christopher Shays: I am very distressed by it. I hope it is worked out by the leaders and you as to how we deal with this. I think it was a…

On the recordNovember 28, 2001
I am very distressed by it. I hope it is worked out by the leaders and you as to how we deal with this. I think it was a clear mistake to take it out of the trust funds. I think in the end we endanger the public by doing it.
Said by
Christopher Shays
Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the removal of funds from trust accounts.

Share

More from Christopher Shays

Jun 11, 2008

I rise in support today of H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment Improvement Act, because we can't afford our Nation's rail service to fail. Our economy depends on it, and the September 11 terrorist attacks made clear that our country…

govinfo.gov
Sep 9, 2013

I think it is more likely than not.

congress.gov
Apr 22, 2008

Right. Because what we do is we cap the payroll at $120,000. And so it ends up being $12,000 an employer would pay. But when I was speaking of someone with 500 employees, they would pay $21,000 salary, they pay 5.25, 5¼ percent of payroll…

govinfo.gov
Sep 17, 2008

When a candidate attacks the other candidate for being sleazy and ugly, they are as negative as the candidate that they are criticizing.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation