Political Quotes

“too often cooperation is in short supply here in the Senate, so I was pleased when we began consideration of a truly bipartisan jobs bill. As I have said here a number of times in the past week or so, if there were ever a bipartisan bill, this is it. Progressive Barbara Boxer, conservative Jim Inhofe--they have agreed on a way to move forward on a bill that will save 1.8 million jobs and create about 1 million more jobs. So this would put millions of people to work right away. Although our economy has gained momentum, there are still millions of Americans out of work, so it should be obvious why we can't afford to delay efforts to rebuild our roadways, our railways, and our bridges. Almost 1,000 organizations, including business groups and labor unions that rarely see eye to eye on anything, support this commonsense measure. More than 30 of those groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Automobile Association, AAA, have asked Senators to refrain from offering unrelated, ideological amendments to this bill. As I said, almost 1,000 organizations want this done. Here is what the U.S. Chamber and AAA wrote recently: The organizations that we represent may hold diverse views on social, energy, and fiscal issues, but we are united in our desire to see immediate action on the Senate's bipartisan highway and transit reauthorization measures. We started on this piece of legislation on February 7. It is the first day of March now.…”