Political Quotes

“the first question it seems like we should ask ourselves: How do we most efficiently and most effectively get bridges and roads repaired in this country? One problem with the money coming to Washington and then going back to the States is there is too many strings attached when it goes back to the States. Gabriel Roth, in his book ``Roads in a Market Economy,'' estimates that the Federal regulations that go back with that money increase the cost of roads and bridges by 50 percent. Other road economists estimate that it is 40 percent. Talking about politics played, we use this money as blackmail. We say to States, ``Unless you do things our way, we're not going to give you the road money. Unless you do your environmental regulations our way, you don't get your road money.'' If we want to get rid of the politics, if we want to have more efficient construction and utilization to build a road and bridge system in this country that is badly in need of repair, then let us let the money stay in the States in the first place instead of running it through the Washington bureaucracy.”