Kim Reynolds: “Mr. Speaker, I must recall it has only been about a half hour when I listened to my colleague, the gentleman from…”

“Mr. Speaker, I must recall it has only been about a half hour when I listened to my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), who brought his viewpoint to the floor that said there is not enough money in this thing because there was a tax cut and, therefore, we have got to increase taxes in order to have more money to spend. And so while I did not necessarily hear that from the gentleman today, the ranking member led the debate on increasing taxes so we could put more stuff back into programs that you put forth in a line by line fashion that you wanted back from money. That was not today but you certainly brought that forth and it was something that you very much wanted to bring forth and we have accommodated that opportunity. But today the Member managing this rule on the minority side did bring forth the fact that he did not see the goals of what he wanted to see in a transportation bill because the tax cut did not allow him to have that. Again, I want to remind my colleagues that we have ample opportunity for every Member to offer whatever amendment they want that is germane to this bill; and I am sure we will see many of those in the forthcoming hours on this Committee on Appropriations item.”