Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am going to speak on the three bills that are pending before the Senate: The trade bill, the highway bill, and the continuation of the PATRIOT Act. Every one of us is in love with our cars. America is in love with their cars. Every one of us can remember the first time we learned to drive. I started out on country roads in an International pickup truck with cow bodies on the side--those are the wooden slats that go out--so I could put my heifers on the little Ranch that I had, so I could haul them around. That is how I got to and from high school. Every one of us has a different story like that. America has been spoiled because of the automobile. It has now become an exceptionally creature-comfort room in which we can suddenly climb in and lose ourselves in beautiful music, comfortable seats, while easily accessible in the cup holder is a cup of coffee. But America's love affair with the automobile will not do us any good if we don't have any roads to drive on and especially if the roads are just filled with potholes or if you can't go across the bridges because they are in danger of falling down. Of course, that leads us to the obvious; that here in front of us is the highway bill, a transportation bill which involves other things as well--transportation safety and considerable transportation enhancements in urban areas. But we can't get together, even though probably every one of the Members of the Senate would agree we have to pass a highway bill.…”