Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I came in at the end of my friend from Louisiana's discussion. I have great respect for Mr. Graves and I have great respect for his concern, but, very frankly, the things he talks about have been pending in the United States Senate for 60 days untended. The leader of the Senate said the States can go bankrupt. The sense of priority apparently does not exist there, and that is regrettable. This legislation that I rise in support of is an important piece of legislation. If, however, it displaced any of those priorities of which the gentleman spoke, I would perhaps share his opinion. We are waiting for some of those priorities to be attended to by the Senate, even if they defeat them. We have talked about healthcare. We have talked about equal rights. We have talked about campaign finance reform. We have talked about energy. We have talked about so many subjects that are pending silently untended in the United States Senate. So the wringing of hands about this legislation pressing out other priorities I think is not accurate. It is accurate that this is an important piece of legislation that will do much good. And I thank Chairman Grijalva on the Committee on Natural Resources for steering the legislation before us through his committee and working with the Senate to get it passed through that body. Mr. Speaker, I also thank the ranking member for his concern about the maintenance and upkeep of our parks.…”