Political Quotes

“I do not have time to yield to correct all the gentleman's mistakes. In the consideration of the bill, I yielded to Mr. Petri. ``We support H.R. 4715,'' said he. He yielded to the ranking member of the Coast Guard Subcommittee, Mr. LoBiondo, cosponsor of the bill, and he concluded, saying, ``I urge all Members to support H.R. 4715, and I yield back.'' There was no discussion in committee. No amendment was filed with the Rules Committee to cut the funding level. The ranking member of our committee, Mr. Mica, who designates himself proudly as a conservative, is supporting this bill. 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.…”