Political Quotes

In House floor consideration of the railroad retirement program, it was made very clear time and again by both sides of the aisle that this plan for railroad retirement was not a formula for Social Security. Both sides were at pains to say…

I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps), who has made a splendid contribution to this bill, and thank her for her contribution.

I yield myself 10 seconds to thank the gentleman from Oregon for his constant attention to the work of our committee and to the water issues as well, and for his splendid presentation. I now yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman…

I thank the gentlewoman for her courageous lead on this issue. This $35 billion for Afghanistan is roughly equivalent to the amount in the Recovery Act for highways and transit. If instead of Afghanistan these funds were invested at home…