Political Quotes

“First I want to thank probably the most knowledgeable Member of Congress about infrastructure in this country and our needs, Mr. DeFazio, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He and his committee, Mr. Speaker, and members of his staff have worked very long and very late hours over the past 2 years--and, frankly, longer than that, going back to the 116th Congress and the 115th Congress--to produce the legislation that served as a basis for this bipartisan bill. I also thank Chairman Pallone and the members and the staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who contributed a great deal as well. {time} 1230 Mr. Speaker, during the course of the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump said he was going to invest a trillion dollars in infrastructure--a trillion dollars. In 2017, he became the President of the United States, and in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, no trillion-dollar infrastructure bill was offered to this House or to the Congress. Mr. DeFazio, myself, the Speaker, and other leaders went down and met with President Trump. Mr. DeFazio was talking about the trillion dollars that the President talked about. He really thought there was probably more needed, but he was talking about the trillion dollars. The President said dismiss that, that is too little. It is not enough. We need at least $2 trillion--President Trump, 2019. What we have before us today, Mr.…”