Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for all of his leadership on this important legislation. I want to thank my friend from Oregon and my friend from California for working with us on this, as there is a bipartisan agreement to move this bill forward. Mr. Chairman, why are we doing this bill? People at home who are watching this, people who are living in their communities, why are we doing this bill? We are doing this bill because we need to ensure that people live in places that are safe--safe from flooding and safe from hurricanes. We just saw last year the 2017 hurricanes, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate, where we spent well over $150 billion so far--I believe we are near $180 billion--responding to those disasters. People need to live in safe, resilient communities. We need to ensure that we can build navigation channels that stay compatible with trends in shipping. We built the Panama Canal. The United States built the Canal, yet the Panamanians have stepped in and deepened and widened the canal and the lock system in a shorter period of time than we have been able to even deepen ports here in the United States.…”