Political Quotes

“this is a new year, and thankfully it has brought new signs of economic recovery--not as vibrant as we would like but some recovery--but it will never be good enough while we have millions of Americans unemployed in this country. As we say in the Senate, those on this side of the aisle, Democrats, we are not going to take our eye off the target; that is, a healthy economy. The bipartisan Transportation bill before the Senate is an important step in that direction. This bill will save or create almost 3 million jobs. Yet my Republican colleagues have caused the waste of about a month of precious time here on the Senate floor in obstructing this very important piece of legislation. So it is with disappointment that I am going to file cloture on this Transportation bill. It seems 85 votes to begin debate on a measure no longer indicates a smooth legislative path forward. We would think that with 85 votes, we would have timely approval of the bill, but that has not taken place. That is because my Republican colleagues want to waste time on unrelated, ideological, nongermane, nonrelevant amendments instead of talking about the Nation's failing infrastructure. There is no one, no one thinks--and I say that--no one believes that our roads, our highways, our bridges are up to snuff. They are not. We need significant work to bring them to a better condition. Tens of thousands of bridges are in a state of disrepair.…”