Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, my friend Mr. Dent has proposed an increase in an appropriation for a worthy purpose, to install inward-facing cameras on Amtrak locomotives, but his amendment offers another example of why the overall allocation in this T-HUD bill is completely inadequate. The offsets may represent relatively small reductions in DOT's administrative accounts, each of these accounts: the DOT Secretary's salaries and expenses, the Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses account, the Saint Lawrence Seaway. All of these would be cut below last year's level. At this point, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my colleague from the full committee.”