Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, traditionally what would happen in an amendment grouping like this is that Republicans and Democrats would sit down and decide which group of amendments everybody agrees on. There are actually some really good amendments that are included in this en bloc, some of which address some fundamental problems in our transportation system. For example, there is an amendment in here by Congresswoman Mace. What that amendment does is after much research, the Department of Transportation couldn't even tell us how much money is being invested in roads and bridges. Couldn't even answer the question. Congressional Research Service couldn't. Government Accountability Office couldn't. We have tried for months to get an answer. So this commission is a study to look at that, to give us feedback to understand where the dollars are going to help inform us on how to do a better job governing. There is an amendment here that I want to say thanks to my friends across the aisle for that has to do with the resilience of materials of roads. And again, there are good amendments, but, Madam Speaker, this is how the process is supposed to work.…”