Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to the Republican budget proposal. As the ranking member on the Transportation Committee, I want to focus in a little bit on what they do to transportation. We heard great promises from President Trump of a trillion dollars in new investment. Nothing has come from the White House. The first substantive action on transportation in this Congress is going to be the Republicans in the House of Representatives cutting transportation funding by $254 billion. That is right. No trillion dollars of new spending. We are going to spend $254 billion less. They are going to eliminate all long-route trains, isolating rural America. They are going to lose essential air service in rural America. And, by the way, the Republicans want to toll your interstate. So if you live in rural America, you can get in your car to go somewhere, but now you are going to have to pay to use the highway you already paid for. Secondly, it eliminates critical funding for our urban areas, the economic engines of this country. It eliminates TIGER grants for freight and multimodal projects. It eliminates new investment in transit, new start projects. It eliminates all investments in high- speed rail and eliminates specific funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects.…”