Political Quotes

“Madam President, this year Congress has not particularly been noted for much of an accomplishment of anything. We have been in cloture atrophy and we have been in political atrophy, but we are about to change that for a day. I want to pause for a moment and acknowledge the hard work of a number of Members in the House and the Senate on what is known as the Water Resources Development Act, which soon will be on the floor of the Senate, and I understand will be on the floor of the House today for its ratification. The Water Resources Development Act is the authority of the U.S. Government to move forward on infrastructure across the country. I congratulate Chairman Shuster in the House and Chairman Boxer in the Senate for their hard work on the conference committee. Ranking Member Vitter has been an untold hero for us and working hard for the Senate. I give thanks to Sylvia Burwell of the OMB. She has been a lifesaver for us on the Port of Savannah. I appreciate her cooperation and her help. I thank Vice President Biden. We did a tour of ports on the east coast of the United States to focus on the importance of improving our infrastructure. In this WRDA bill are improvements across the country, but the one I want to talk about for a second is an example of why infrastructure is so important, and that is expansion of the Savannah Harbor and the deepening project in the Savannah at the Port of Savannah.…”