Political Quotes

“I was disappointed to see in the newspaper this morning and hear on the news that Republicans in the House have decided to not mess with our highway bill--a bill on which we spent 5 weeks. The highway bill is a piece of bipartisan legislation that will save a great 2.8 million jobs. The House of Representatives is so disorganized and in such a state of disrepair that they can't even extend the highway bill. I don't know what is in their minds. This program was started by a radical liberal Dwight Eisenhower, who decided after having brought--as a major under orders from his commander--a caravan of military vehicles across the country that the roads were awful. So he remembered that all during his military service. When he became President of the United States, he decided something needed to be done about that. The Interstate Highway System was the brainchild of Dwight Eisenhower. Now the Republicans in the House are talking as if it is some socialist program that was developed at Harvard or some other radically liberal place. I can't imagine what their mindset is. Barbara Boxer, one of the most liberal Members of this body, and Jim Inhofe, one of the most conservative Members, came together on a bill that we passed on a bipartisan basis in the Senate. The vast majority of the Democrats voted for it, and the vast majority of Republicans voted for it. It is a good bill that will save or create 2.8 million jobs.…”