Political Quotes

“Through the Chair, I say to the distinguished Democratic leader, as someone who has worked on this highway bill to get it to the point where it is now, I very much appreciate the team work that has been shown with the majority and Democratic leaders. They have both spoken out strongly in favor of this legislation. That means a lot to Senator Inhofe, Senator Bond, Senator Jeffords, and to me, the two chairmen of the committee and subcommittee, and the two ranking members, who have worked to get this bill to the point where it is. So I want to say again how much we appreciate the Democratic leader and the majority leader coming to the floor often and talking about the importance of this bill and especially acknowledging the fact that 90 percent of this bill is paid for through the trust fund, and a small percentage of it is through other taxes, no new taxes. So I thank the minority leader very much for his help.”