Political Quotes

“I urge all of my colleagues here to vote against this. This is, A, nonsensical and not even relevant here. Why? Well, maybe some of my friends on the other side of the aisle have confused a public works project with this private infrastructure project. Number one, private companies do not have any rights of eminent domain; they can't take people's lands. So this part about them exercising eminent domain is just not relevant here. They aren't doing this; they don't have the power. The other part is equally as nonsensical. Listen, this is a $13 billion stimulus infrastructure bill. {time} 1820 This is what all of us have been asking for because it creates thousands of jobs, 20,000 direct union construction jobs. Now, the Laborers International Union of North America supports this bill. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States, the AFL-CIO International Union of Operating Engineers, the Pipeline Contractors Association. These are the people. It's the labor. It's the jobs that are going to be created here, and we're standing with the American people. Now, this other argument that we have been debating ad nauseam throughout the afternoon about bringing in 700,000 to 1.2 million barrels per day from Canada that is somehow going to raise prices at the pump. I'm sorry, I went through some economics.…”