Political Quotes

“I want to say to our Members that this is another outstanding effort by this Congress to try to move things literally with an aim toward the 21st century. Now, I think we have got to give Jimmy Carter a little bit of credit, President Carter a little bit of credit for deregulating a number of industries: the trucking industry, the bus industry. We are trying to do some deregulation of railroads and of airlines, as you know. All we are trying to do here is to say that the time has come in America where we ought to deregulate some of the activity involved in shipping. And at the same time, very similar to what we did in the Interstate Commerce Commission, we are saying we do not need this old bureaucracy anymore. This bill will call for the dismantling of the Federal Maritime Commission. This is a fantastic vote for this Congress so we will be able to achieve several things: One is, we will deregulate because we believe that regulations cost money and strangle business.”