Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise because this week, once again, the Senate of the United States has the opportunity to create jobs, to find a way to work together to make a real difference in the long-term strength of this Nation, and to finally punch back against this recession which has taken so much from the working families of our States. I rise in support of the Rebuilding America Jobs Act, a bill that will invest $60 billion in our Nation's crumbling infrastructure and put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work. Investments in America's infrastructure are investments in America's future, and they could not come at a more critical time for our country, our communities, or our future. The rest of the world is pouring money into its infrastructure because they know it will not only make it easier for them to recover from this recession; they know it will make them more competitive for their long-term future, for their people, for their countries, for their economies. So at a time when our competitors are pouring money into fixing, expanding, building their infrastructure, we have turned off the spigot. We are starving our roads and our bridges, our sewers and our water systems, our tunnels, our ports, our runways, our railroad tracks. We are starving them of the repairs they need to function properly--not just today but to lay the groundwork for our competitiveness for the next generation of Americans.…”