Political Quotes

“the amendment that was agreed to by the Environment Committee with respect to funding for these critical transportation programs for our country really ought to be called the ``Truth In Transportation Funding Act'' because it ensures that gasoline taxes collected for transportation purposes will actually be spent on those critical transportation projects. For too long in America, the Congress has played a budgetary shell game--pretending to put funds away in various transportation programs but actually slipping those funds into other spending accounts. Mr. President and colleagues, this con game has been closed down. Now Congress is on the way to making the highway trust fund sacrosanct again. Transportation taxes will, indeed, pay for transportation services. This means that the dollars will be used on the ground where they are needed, not squirreled away in some account that never seems to be spent. Today, the Congress will be in a position to bring much-needed relief to citizens who face transportation gridlock across our country. The Congress is adding an additional $26 billion of transportation spending to what is now in the Senate ISTEA II bill. This translates for our State into an additional $40 million per year.”