Political Quotes

“Very crafty--fifty percent is used on roads, bridges, and seaports, and you make it sound like the rest isn't used on infrastructure. Since when did water not become infrastructure? Since when did improving our transmission lines not become infrastructure? The fact of the matter is this bill is a really good bill, and that is why 69 people in this Senate voted for it, and it did not raise taxes on a single American family. You can make excuses all you want, but the facts are this: That infrastructure bill will help set us up for a vibrant economy for generations to come, and the most important thing that infrastructure bill will do is it will help us compete with China, unless you want to give the reserve currency to them. And the fact of the matter is, unless the Agencies are staffed up, we can't implement that infrastructure bill. And if that is the impetus for this, shame on the folks who have objected to this, because the last time I checked, we are U.S. Senators, and we are not here for ourselves. We are here for this Nation, to make this Nation great, to keep this Nation great, to move this Nation forward. Our forefathers worked to do that. They didn't have these kinds of silly arguments on the Senate floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.”