Political Quotes

“It is a pleasure to be on the floor with my partner on this legislation, the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger), being able to see it finally brought to fruition. It was actually made a little better with the inclusion of these important provisions for our veterans. I am hopeful that we will act with dispatch and approve it unanimously. But I hope we can also focus on what this chapter represents. It was something, in terms of working with the gentleman from California, moving this through Congress, that it seemed to me that there are three elements that we ought to focus on going forward. First and foremost, that same spirit that has resulted in being able to fix and improve this legislation ought to be focused on how we rebuild and renew America. Because so many of the businesses and governments that were going to be pounded with this 3 percent withholding are struggling to deal with challenges that they face. There are hundreds of thousands of veterans that could potentially be at work rebuilding and renewing America. We are in a precarious position in terms of our competitiveness internationally, with problems of congestion, pollution. I am hopeful that this same spirit focused here can be focused on this major effort to rebuild and renew America that can help revitalize the economy while it improves our communities. Second, we need to take a hard look at flaws in how we score legislation.…”