Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Costa for putting this together today. The reason I came to Congress, the reason I ran for Congress, was to get things done. I think that is what all our constituents are expecting us to do. Unfortunately, when I am at home, I am constantly reminded that my constituents are wondering why we don't get more done, what is happening in Washington. When I am shopping at Menards or at Jewel, people come up to me and say: Why can't everyone work together there in Washington? They know that I have been doing that. That is why I am part of the Blue Dog coalition, because we want to bring people together here in Washington--in the House, the Senate--bring everyone together to work out the many, many problems that our Nation has. We just had Mr. Thompson talking about a transportation bill. Everyone talks about the need to fix our transportation infrastructure. We have roads and bridges that are crumbling. Our public transit also has infrastructure that is crumbling. We all need a good transportation system to get wherever we need to go during the day. Our Nation, for the sake of having an efficient economy, needs a good transportation system. We can put people to work immediately fixing our transportation system, yet we haven't been able to come together to solve this problem. That is one thing that we need to do, and it is something I think that we can do.…”