Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, UPS's primary hub is located in my district. The United Parcel Service, known as UPS around the world, employs 22,000 people in my district. It just completed a $1 billion expansion and is the largest taxpayer in the State of Kentucky. In 2001, UPS supported approximately 7.1 million packages from overseas and exported 11.4 million packages going overseas. A significant portion of this volume is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Considering the volume of products under their jurisdiction, it is only logical to designate Louisville, Kentucky, as the port of entry for international trade in Fish and Wildlife resources in the coming year. That designation only reflects the fact that in modern day Fish and Wildlife jurisdiction has to be not only at our ports but also at the primary designations at our airports. Mr. Chairman, I know that right now there is $700,000 in the budget that is for Atlanta; but I am eager to see that moved, as the Senate has done, to Louisville.”