Rob Andrews: “I also want the Record to reflect this choice: As our constituents sit in traffic tonight, as they cannot get home…”

“I also want the Record to reflect this choice: As our constituents sit in traffic tonight, as they cannot get home because of suburban sprawl and the lack of mass transit, as they cannot deal with the many, many problems they have, the majority has made a choice and its choice is a huge tax reduction for the top 1 percent of the people in the country or an honest choice which we would make which we would say, the top 1 percent could do without that huge tax reduction. Let us not raise taxes on the other 99 percent and meet the needs of this country. That is the real choice. I understand why the majority wants to obscure it because they are making the wrong choice. Our cities, our towns, our States deserve much better than this. This reflects poorly on the priorities of the leadership of this Congress. This has to change. Our communities cannot afford to be short-changed on important transportation dollars. This undercuts their economic development. This undercuts job growth. We need to do much better.”