“Canada is NOT the 51st state. Trump owes our friends and neighbors an apology for nearly 2 years of his boorish insults and jeers.”

Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 10, 1995
I rise because I have to point out that just yesterday, after the gentleman tells us today that this money is for prisons and should only be used for prisons, just yesterday, when we were debating the question of unallocated funds, the gentleman hurriedly put together an amendment to send these unallocated funds back to the Federal Government, not to the local governments that he says ought to be the decisionmaking entities, but rather back to Federal Government to build Federal courthouses.
Said by
Albert Russell Wynn
Maryland
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the allocation of funds during a debate on law enforcement and prison funding.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Albert Russell Wynn

Feb 10, 2000

Mr. Speaker, the most important thing that the public needs to know about this so-called marriage tax penalty is that it undermines our serious efforts to pay down the national debt, to save Social Security and to provide for Medicare…

govinfo.gov
Mar 31, 2008

I'd just like to take a moment to thank Dr. Burgess for his support of this legislation. He expounded on it quite well, and we appreciate his support. Also Ms. Granger, who I indicated could not be here. I particularly want to thank my…

govinfo.gov
Mar 7, 1995

now that the first 50 days are past, I think we are beginning to see the true colors of the Republican Party. Once again they are playing Robin Hood in reverse, taking from the poor to give to the rich. When I thought about some of the…

govinfo.gov
May 2, 1995

I come this evening to condemn the senseless and cowardly bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City. I join with my colleagues and all of us here in America in expressing our condolences and sympathies to the families of the…

govinfo.gov
View all Albert Russell Wynn quotes

Other voices in this conversation