Ray LaHood actually said...
What I'm asking Congress to do is come back from their vacation, pass a clean bill, which they have done on 20 other occasions, so that the FAA people did not have to go without pay checks and a lot -- thousands of construction workers right in the middle of the construction season are out of work.
Context
LaHood calls for Congress to return and pass a clean bill to prevent job losses.
08/02/2011