Political Quotes

“This week, Democrats introduced legislation that will put Americans back to work rebuilding this Nation's crumbling infrastructure. It will allow us to hire thousands of people to upgrade 150,000 miles of roadways, thousands of miles of train tracks, and modernize our Nation's runways and air traffic control systems. The Rebuild America Jobs Act will invest $50 billion to ensure that our world-class economy has world-class infrastructure and get this economy working again. This is not a new issue. It is something that is long overdue. A number of years ago, I conducted a hearing in the Public Works Committee, where we brought in mayors from around the country, from Atlanta, Washington, DC, and other places around the country. They lamented the sorry state of the infrastructure. Sadly, in those approximately 10 years, nothing has been done--nothing. This commonsense plan we have proposed has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the past. Many of my Republican colleagues in the Senate have spoken glowingly about what infrastructure investments could do to put people back to work and improve the economy in their States. Yet this week Republicans have raised a hue and cry against our plan because it has millionaires and billionaires--those whose income is more than $1 million--to contribute their fair share to right our listing economy. We don't cast a net over millionaires and billionaires, only those who make more than $1 million a year.…”