Rob Woodall: “We have talked about how much work has gone into this bill--not days, not weeks, not months, but even years in trying to…”

“We have talked about how much work has gone into this bill--not days, not weeks, not months, but even years in trying to get here. I want to say what I said when I began, which is, when Democrats controlled every single lever of government, they could not get a bill like this done. When Republicans controlled every single lever of government, we failed to get a bill like this done. Today, with the leadership of Bill Shuster and Mr. DeFazio, we are getting that done. But it is not just at the Member level. And I want to associate all of the hard staff work that goes into making something like this happen, Mr. Speaker. Chris Bertram, our staff director over on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Matt Sturges, our deputy staff director over on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Collin, Geoff, Murphie on my own staff, Alex Poirot--folks who have put in hour after hour after hour, right through the Thanksgiving holiday, making sure that America's priorities get done. Folks back home don't care how much hard work it takes; they care that we put in the hard work. And this is an example of that success today. Mr.…”