Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to this unnecessary agreement and want to say to my colleagues here that the economic development activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority were created so that this section of the country could have the opportunity to have the kind of economic development that other sections of the country would have. TVA has in fact taken steps, I say to my colleague, to phase this out. This would not be the time to pull the rug out from under them. They have shifted from a grant activity program to business services and investments. They have in fact cut staff by 45 percent. They have terminated 25 programs. So they are on line to do what we want them to do. It is just that they cannot have this rug pulled out from under them. Currently, there are over $40 million in existing programs being managed by TVA. TVA must phase out those programs, but they have got to do that in an orderly way. We are holding their feet to the fire, but we are doing it in a responsible way. Let us oppose this irresponsible amendment.”