Political Quotes

John W. Olver: In reclaiming my time, maybe the gentleman understands and I simply do not. Who is about to promulgate regulations in…

On the recordJune 27, 2012
In reclaiming my time, maybe the gentleman understands and I simply do not. Who is about to promulgate regulations in this area of mandating global positioning systems, electronic onboard recording devices and so forth? Where is the action to do that? Where is the problem here?
Said by
John W. Olver
Massachusetts
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 27, 2012

Share

More from John W. Olver

Jun 27, 2012

The gentleman from Georgia just wants to freeze everything. But our personnel, in an agency like this, they are subject to the civil service laws, to the personnel laws under OPM, and they are assigned in grades and then steps. They add…

govinfo.gov
Jun 27, 2012

Well, I don't know how this amendment is going to solve the problem that you have exactly, but the chairman has agreed to adopt it. So I will state an objection because I really don't understand how this is going to solve your problem, but…

govinfo.gov
Jun 27, 2012

There are no funds made available in this Act for high-speed rail. None. And so, since this is a 1-year bill, I don't think this amendment does very much. The gentleman from California has a problem with a process that has been going on…

govinfo.gov
Jun 27, 2012

The amendment that the gentleman from Georgia has now offered has to do with the Public Housing Capital Fund. The public housing infrastructure currently has an estimated $26 billion of maintenance backlog. In fact, capital repairs…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation