Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. And I regret I didn't have that opportunity to sit down and talk to the gentlelady from Ohio regarding this dredging that's taking place in the Missouri River bottom in my district, in my neighborhood where I spent my lifetime working on that river bottom and doing work like dredge work and dredge site work and dredge disposal site work. We've done a number of projects with the earthmoving side of this thing, working in conjunction with dredge contractors. I've been up and down every mile of this river for decades now. I've watched what they're doing. They would never let a private interest do what they are doing. They wouldn't let a public interest do what they are doing. Only the Corps of Engineers can do what they're doing. And I've not reviewed these numbers closely, but I did hear that it could be a 300 percent increase in the cost. I'd like to look at it more closely. I'm pretty confident King Construction can bid that substantially cheaper. However, we're not in the business of advocating what we do here in this Congress. The Corps of Engineers has often put out numbers that have been much higher than the actual cost necessary.…”