Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. That, of course, from our perspective--and I am sure his--is a very, very important piece of legislation. The highway bill that is coming to the floor, we know that that is critically important. It passed out of committee I think on a voice vote, although, as the gentleman knows, there was substantial disagreement on the length, the term of that. We are disappointed that we haven't either done a short-term or a long-term bill, giving confidence to contractors and jurisdictions around the country. We find ourselves in a situation now where more than 100,000 transportation projects could be delayed. We look forward to working to not only move this process forward in the short term, but we would like to urge, notwithstanding the fact it appears it is going to be a longer term--until May of next year--that we continue to focus on a long-term, confidence-building, economy- growing effort at a longer term reauthorization of the highway program. The gentleman doesn't need to comment on that. I just wanted to make that comment to him, unless he wanted to say something on that. Mr. McCARTHY of California. I do want to thank the gentleman on the other side of the aisle. As you did note, it did pass out of Ways and Means on a voice vote unanimously. We are committed.…”