Political Quotes

“This is a jobs bill. Go ahead and laugh. Go ahead and laugh. It shows you don't understand much, Mr. Speaker, those who are laughing. Twenty-eight million jobs depend on coastal areas of the United States, $185 billion in commercial and recreational fishing from estuaries of the United States, 2 million jobs at stake. Three-fourths of all commercial fishing depend on estuaries. Three-fourths of the U.S. commercial fish catch and 80 percent of the recreational fish catch occurs in the estuarine areas of the United States, and annual fish harvests have declined by $1.5 billion every year for the last 20-plus years because of impaired estuaries. This is an investment in America's future. This is an investment in the young people of this country for whom the gentleman proclaims to propose cutting $15 million. This is an investment. This is not an entitlement.”