Political Quotes

“I would like to send a message to this administration, and I say "this administration" because it does not matter who we have in the White House. It seems whether it is a Democrat or Republican, we get treated the same. I am speaking about the Corps of Engineers. The Corps is always underfunded, recognizing that we in Congress will bail them out. It reminds me of when I was chairman of the Military Construction Subcommittee. They did the same with the Guard and Reserve units at home. The administration simply would not fund those appropriately. As a result, Congress had to come every year and bail out the administration. That is what we have done in this bill. We have bailed out the administration, just as we did the 8 years that Clinton was President and the 4 years before that when Bush was President. I do not know why they do not recognize the importance of the Corps of Engineers.”