Political Quotes

“I do not want to see us get into regional warfare or State-by-State warfare here. Maybe that billion is needed in Utah, but it is not apples to oranges; it is apples to rocks. It is $1 billion for a State, whether it is Utah or California, whatever area. We are talking again, about $142 million for 13 States. I will tell you something. There is a difference in Appalachia and a difference in the entire region. The more we pool those regions up within those States, the better off we will help surrounding States and other areas, for example, in Ohio, that will have to pay for the distressed economies in their States. In Ohio, part of us are in Appalachia, part of us are not in Appalachian; but again, it benefits the whole. The one thing I would also tell you, I think I bring a different perspective than any other speaker. I used to work for Appalachia. I was on Appalachia's payroll, federally paid. I worked in the Ohio Appalachian office. I was program manager for education, health, and child development programs.”