Political Quotes

“I deeply appreciate the gentleman's courtesy, and I appreciate the work that he has done. I admire his restraint in his response to the gentleman from Louisiana, who in the beginning of his comments acknowledged that Chairman DeFazio spent time with him going over a variety of things, for a person in the minority party, a relatively junior Member. That is how Congressman DeFazio operates. He studied under Bud Shuster and Jim Oberstar back when we were putting things together big picture, standing up to Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton, dealing with those financing issues. This piece of legislation, I think, is the most consequential since we had the ISTEA legislation. And in a sense, I think it is more consequential, because it ties together all of these pieces in terms of resilience, climate change, dealing with decades of neglect in terms of resources and people who are too timid in moving forward. I am in awe of all of the pieces that have been fit together. And if people will examine the elements of this bill, they will understand that. Yes, there are incentives for electric vehicles. There are also resources here to study a new way of financing, dealing with road user charges. The pieces fit together and provide a foundation for us going forward. This is a blueprint. It is a point of departure.…”