Political Quotes

“I would urge everyone to support the bipartisan amendment that's being offered by my colleague, Mr. Scalise, from Louisiana. And just in response to the last comment about reducing the budget and getting our fiscal house in order, there are two ways to do it, and one way to do that is to make wise investments that give you a return on your dollar. This investment, alone, would secure the coastal area of Louisiana, which would prevent the Federal Government from spending money in future years because of effects of hurricanes or surge or coastal erosion. The dollar we spend today, I'm sure, and I feel very comfortable in saying, we will recoup multiple dollars because of that. If you just look at Louisiana and what we've contributed to the Nation's economy and to the Federal Government since 1950-2006, the Federal Government, the Federal Treasury has received over $150 billion from Louisiana. And we do that in a number of ways. But if you think about Louisiana, you think about the coast that we're talking about. We're talking about 33 percent of the Nation's seafood comes from the coast of Louisiana. We're talking about almost a quarter of the Nation's domestic energy, and you look at it's home to the country's largest port system.…”