Political Quotes

“I rise this afternoon to speak in favor of moving ahead for progress in the 21st century, something that most Americans--almost all Americans--have to be in favor of, and if a lot of them knew about this legislation, I think they would be in favor of it too. It has been 862 days since SAFETEA-LU expired--862 days. That legislation was written in 2003, passed this body and signed into law in 2005. We have extended that legislation, SAFETEA-LU, eight times since it expired in 2009, brought it back from the dead eight times. John Chambers, who is the CEO of a big technology company called CISCO, likes to say that the key to global economic competitiveness is having the best workforce and the best infrastructure in the world. He has said that is where the jobs will go in the 21st century--best workforce, best infrastructure, you will get the jobs. We must continue to modernize--in the spirit of those words--modernize and maintain our infrastructure if it is to remain the best. I wish to start today by congratulating Senators Boxer and Inhofe for pulling together--and their staffs and subcommittee staffs as well--I wish to start by congratulating them for pulling together a bipartisan Transportation bill that begins to address America's infrastructure needs.…”