Political Quotes

“our transportation needs in America are increasing. Passenger travel on our highways is growing at a rate of about 3 percent a year. By the year 2000, not too far away, we will experience a 30-percent increase in freight travel on our highways. Also, Mr. Speaker, airline travel continues to grow. It has doubled in the past 12 years, from 250 million passengers a year to 540 million passengers this past year, and at a 4-percent growth rate in the next 17 years, we will experience 1 billion passengers traveling on commercial airlines every year. We need to spend our highway and aviation trust funds to keep building infrastructure for America. These transportation trust funds are deficit proof. They are the keys to building for the future, for getting ready for the 21st century. Our transportation trust funds are the foundation upon which a more productive and prosperous America can be built.”