Markwayne Mullin actually said...

"I think a lot of people take that for granted, too."

"For everybody to understand, it is a water port in Oklahoma. I know it is not thought about, but we actually have a port."

"We need flexibility if we are really going to go after the rural areas. It is an economic engine."

"But because the Federal funding has so many strings attached, and there are so many hoops that you have to jump through, a lot of these small towns, they just don't have the ability to do it."