Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I have expressed my frustration about the fact that so few Republican amendments have been allowed to even be debated, yet this is the one en bloc amendment. This is block G, and there are eight Republican amendments--eight--eight Republican amendments where we actually get to debate. And, of course, they are all wrapped in. Our amendment is No. 349. And, as I have mentioned before, nearly 380 or 390 amendments on this bill. Our amendment amends page 1968 that I am sure everyone here has read, and what this does is it very simply--it very simply says that, in order for this brand-new urban park grant program that has not been through the committee of jurisdiction, the Natural Resources Committee, if you are going to take money from one area and give it to this urbanized park grant program, you at least need to make sure that the area where the revenues are coming from, which happens to be the area that I represent, that it is sustainable, that it is ecologically sustainable and the community is sustainable and that it would be a better investment for taxpayers to invest in the urban parks than it would be to ensure the ecological and the community resilience or sustainability of these regions. That is it, a very simple amendment. I would love to have anybody come explain to me why they are going to vote ``no,'' because we are going to see this amendment voted down in just a few minutes.…”