Rob Andrews: “I thank my coauthor, and salute him for his integrity for bringing this amendment under difficult circumstances.…”

“I thank my coauthor, and salute him for his integrity for bringing this amendment under difficult circumstances. President Kennedy said 40 years ago or so, governing is choosing, and every time we make a choice, somebody doesn't like it. But when you avoid choices, that is how you wind up with an $8 trillion debt. That is how you wind up borrowing 25 percent of the money that you spend to run the government. It is always easier to say yes when people want to spend the public's money, but it is not always right; and here it isn't right. Since 1982, the taxpayers have put about $1 billion into building roads into this forest. We have gotten back $150 million. We should stop building these roads. That is what this amendment does. It does it artfully and correctly. I would urge a ``yes'' vote.”