Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his leadership on this extremely important issue. I want to expose for my constituents the real truth about the so- called infrastructure portion of the Democrats' destructive $5.5 trillion package. You can read for yourself in the bill that only a fraction of the funds go to roads, bridges, broadband, and other things people outside the swamp would generally consider infrastructure, a true and embarrassingly small drop in the bucket, considering the current state of Michigan's infrastructure. By the way, our roads still haven't been fixed. But more importantly, I am asking you to read between the lines to understand that this package will stretch the long, intrusive arm of the Federal Government into your life, more than ever before. Your energy bill, your taxes, your job, your Nation's borders, your economic freedom. As your Representative, I can't let this happen, and I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. The gentleman once again conflates, confuses, confabulates. The bill before us is a bipartisan bill from the Senate, $550 billion of new spending on top of the expected income. It is not $3.5, $4.5, $5 trillion and doesn't include all those other things. It does include roads, bridges, highways, transit, water, wastewater, drinking water, lead pipes, ports, airports, and broadband, which I think his constituents want. Mr.…”