Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Garamendi. I appreciate that. You know, what we are really talking about here, Mr. Garamendi, it seems to me is, are we spending money, or are we investing in America? I like to tell folks at home that when that roof starts getting old on your house, and you know those shingles need to be replaced, do you want to replace those shingles? Do you want to put a new roof on that house before it starts to leak? Yes, you want to do that because you are going to save the money then of the damage that is going to be caused when this roof does start to leak. We are really talking about the same thing. We are talking about investing in America. We are talking about investing in our house, investing in our home, protecting that infrastructure, protecting that roof before it does begin to leak. It is interesting you were talking about how money gets siphoned off, and this bill does change that. This bill would increase--you know, we have a special fund that is supposed to go to the maintenance of harbors and of ports, and this bill would increase the investments in improving our Nation's ports by increasing the percentage of the money that is collected each year through the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. {time} 1830 As you pointed out, it is unfortunate, but half of the money that is collected to maintain harbors gets siphoned off and spent on other things.…”