Political Quotes

“we all know the inconvenience of a few potholes as we drive down the street. It is an inconvenience. But for companies that ship $10 trillion worth of goods across the country every year, these disintegrating roads are more than an inconvenience or more than a nuisance. A crowded train ride to an office or a broken escalator at a station where someone is trying to pick up a subway--or what we call here Metro--may be a hassle, but for 51 million Americans who have disabilities, most of whom rely on some type of public transportation to get around, outdated stations and overcrowded trains are more than a minor inconvenience. Mr. President, this country's deteriorating infrastructure is something we should be very concerned about. This great Nation of ours has an infrastructure that is falling apart. Our highways, our roadways, our bridges, our dams, and railways are more than an inconvenience; they are a drain on our economy. Twenty percent of America's roads don't meet safety standards. As the Chair heard me say yesterday when I talked about some of these issues, 70,000 bridges need to be replaced or overhauled. We have bridges in America, I am told, where schoolbuses stop when they get to the bridge, have the kids walk across the bridge, then the bus comes across without the kids in it, and then off they go. They do this because they are afraid the bridge will collapse. Our public transportation system simply can't keep up with the pace of growing ridership.…”