Political Quotes

“with reluctance I come to the floor also making an appeal to the gentleman from California (Chairman Packard) to be supportive of this amendment, I do that with great respect to my friend, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell), the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Hulshof), myself, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) who just spoke earlier. In our short 4 years of being Members of Congress, we have tried to marry the interests of a great diverse group of people who want to preserve this great national asset that we have, which is the Mississippi River, and preserve it for a lot of activities, a lot of things, from the transportation needs of our agricultural sector to get our goods south to take advantage of the world markets, to environmental stewardship of some of the greatest hunting and fishing locations in the country. In fact, in my district, Pike County, Illinois has the largest white tail deer population; and hunters come from all over which helps the farmers meet their ends in low commodity prices. We know of the problem in the Gulf of Mexico, and having a good plan to address the runoff issues is a good way to be environment stewards, increased recreational activities on the Mississippi.”