12/01/2009
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"So, Madam Chair, just think about this big picture for a minute. Of all the waterways in the country that bring in resources from the South, the East, and the West, our channels, this budget, is barel..."
"Well, Madam Chair, I'm with you 1,000 percent. I serve on the Appropriations Committee, obviously, I'm on the subcommittee, but I can honestly say, of all the committees I serve on, there is no budget..."
"This budget that we have in front of us... simply does not have enough money to maintain or invest or build the structures that we have to to build an economy that lasts."
"I am determined to find a way through this maze of all the fancy financing to figure out a way to get back to that."