Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 600, I call up the bill (H.R. 4281) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 600, the bill is considered read. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4281 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012''. (b) Reconciliation of Funds.--The Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the amount apportioned or allocated for a program, project, or activity under this Act in fiscal year 2012 by amounts apportioned or allocated pursuant to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, Part II (title I of Public Law 112 30) for the period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on March 31, 2012. (c) Table of Contents.-- Sec. 1. Short title; reconciliation of funds; table of contents. TITLE I--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS Sec. 101. Extension of Federal-aid highway programs. TITLE II--EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS Sec. 201. Extension of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration highway safety programs. Sec.…”