Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Iowa for yielding. I believe in ``equal under the law.'' We all ought to be considered equal, no matter what color our skin is, no matter who the fathers of our own families are, et cetera. I think everybody should be treated equally under the law. And, certainly, as I stated--I apologize if the gentlelady from Texas thought that I was insinuating that she would agree with this amendment, because I never had any dreams that she would, frankly. But with that, I'm introducing a lot of amendments to this bill to reduce administrative expenses and salaries for many, many of the different pieces of this underlying bill. And this is just one of many. But I'm convinced that I need to withdraw this amendment. I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: transportation planning, research, and development For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development, development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended, $8,000,000. Amendment Offered by Ms. Waters”