Political Quotes

“I would say to my colleague, as the chairman of the subcommittee I serve on and that deals with auto safety, I know, for a very long time, he has certainly seen the legislation that I have offered in the past, and this is the first time that I have heard that argument. The idea of this legislation was to pair down the bill that I had introduced into the kinds of safety enhancements that the gentleman and many of the Republicans on the committee also had in their legislation. The goal is one thing: to make sure that we provide more safety, strengthen accountability, and that we share more information with consumers. The amendment addresses those issues. It has avoided, studiously, the more controversial parts of auto safety bills that maybe, someday, we can come back to, but the goal was to get a good start. I am disappointed that there is opposition to this amendment, but I still urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time.”