Political Quotes

“No. This is high-speed rail, money that has gone to States. I want to point out that we hear a lot from the Republicans about how the President hasn't created jobs, which, of course, he has--3 million new jobs, 22 consistent months of private sector jobs. But Wisconsin, I would like to point out, refused to accept the money from the Federal Government for high-speed rail, $810 million to construct a new high- speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison. As a consequence, a company called Talgo America, which was going to actually build trains in Milwaukee--and the City of Milwaukee invested over $10 million to prepare a facility for Talgo. The company hired about 100 union workers, and 80 percent of those had been out of work for more than 2 years. That factory is going to close down this year because Governor Walker told the Federal Government that Wisconsin did not want the $110 million in Federal investment. We are hoping that that company is going to move to Illinois to build those trains where we are more than willing to move ahead. What I am saying here is that, in a partnership between government at all levels, Federal and State, and partnerships with private industry, like a company like Talgo, we can create millions of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity in this country. Why we would see a reluctance, as Mr.…”