Watson Coleman: “I gave all of my colleagues on that side of the aisle an opportunity to make some more cuts, and they did not take it. I…”

“I gave all of my colleagues on that side of the aisle an opportunity to make some more cuts, and they did not take it. I say to my colleagues, you remember the amendment I took to the Rules Committee as the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Transportation? I provided you an opportunity to go after some highway demo projects. But they would have been in your district, just like they would have been in Democratic districts, and you opted out of that one. So, Mr. Chairman, I do not want to hear any more speeches about tough choices and courage on this bill when they go after the elderly and the veterans in my district and the kids in my district. I do not call those tough choices. I call that kind of a chicken way out because, as I said, you had a chance to cut highway demo projects, by the way, up to $2 million, if you wanted to, from ISTEA and House Appropriations Committee highway demo project, but, no. I want to tell the American people, and I want to tell all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, you took the easy way out.”