Political Quotes

“it is hard to imagine a more pressing need for our people, for our economy, and for our quality of life than reauthorizing the highway trust fund. The Senate has previously entered into a unanimous consent agreement to have votes on four transportation funding amendments. The reality, however, is that time is running out to hold those votes before they would become what amounts to a meaningless exercise. We all know that this week the Senate still has to vote on veterans health care, emergency funding to deal with wildfires raging in the West, and the challenge of those child immigrants coming across the border from Mexico. That is all the more reason why the critical issue, the urgent issue of transportation funding should not be left to the last minute. Left to the last minute, in effect, this body would simply be surrendering its ability to have a genuine impact on an urgent national issue--an issue critical for our people, for our economy, and for our country in the days ahead. Now, if the Senate were to vote tomorrow on transportation funding-- and the majority leader, Senator Reid, has assured me that would be acceptable to him--there would still be time to work out any differences between the Senate and the other body before the Congress recesses at the end of this week.…”