Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, pass the extension. I reserve the balance of my time. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members to refrain from trafficking the well while a Member is under recognition. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), I just want to point out something for my colleagues here. One of the reasons many of us prefer the Senate bill to even the House bill that you brought to the floor and then split up and then yanked from the floor is that the Senate bill sustains approximately 1.9 million jobs on an annual basis. The House Republican bill destroys 550,000 jobs compared to the current funding level. So what you had brought to the floor and then you yanked was a job killer. At this point, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon, the ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, Mr. DeFazio. Mr. DeFAZIO. This is really a discussion about the future of transportation in America, and there is a very basic difference. The Republicans are being hung up because there is a substantial portion of their caucus that believes--truly believes--there is no Federal interest, that we should not have a national transportation policy and that it should be devolved to the States. {time} 0950 Well, that's what this looks like when you devolve to the States. Kansas Turnpike, 1956, Oklahoma said they'd build their section. They didn't.…”