Political Quotes

“I thank the managers of this difficult bill for the hours and days of work that have gone into this bill. This legislation is the most difficult the Senate will deal with this year. It goes without saying that there are more moving parts of this bill and that's what makes it so difficult. It affects every State in the Union in important ways: infrastructure and jobs. Every Senator in this body knows and understands that. All of us here are in need of both and it affects rural and urban areas alike. If I have learned anything during my tenure here, it is this: It is impossible to out build America's love for the automobile. The Subcommittee on Communications of the Commerce Committee has looked at this along with the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. We have spent hours discussing safety and efficiency. We have passed legislation in telecommunications making it easier to telecommute. The deployment of broadband Internet services is lagging due to several reasons, but it becomes vital to the easing of congestion found in our morning and evening commutes--labor and consulting laws to deal with the one who stays home two of the five working days and uses either the telephone or Internet to correspond and perform his or her office responsibilities. It is being done in Washington, D.C. as we speak. Great strides have been made in telemedicine and distance learning using these new and exciting communications tools. What I am trying to say is simple.…”