Political Quotes

“This is an amendment to provide the maximum flexibility to States that are being asked, under this bill, to rescind $800 million in an obligated budget authority. As you know, Mr. Chairman, we put money in a lot of different pots and send it out to a lot of different places to do a whole lot of good for a whole lot of people, but when you have a bill that is going to ask the States to pull back some of that money, historically, we have limited the ability of States to make those decisions. {time} 2000 With all due respect to anyone's hometown team, I will tell you no one knows more about how to take care of the safety of the citizens of Georgia than do the citizens of Georgia and our local elected officials. What this amendment would do is allow our local Departments of Transportation, our State Department of Transportation, maximum flexibility in meeting this Federal mandate to rescind those $800 million worth of unobligated funds. I ask my colleagues for their support in providing that maximum flexibility, and I reserve the balance of my time.”