Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I understand what the gentleman from Pennsylvania is trying to do, and I agree with the idea that FEMA needs to be restored. We got a letter from OMB which says it needs to be restored. We got a letter from FEMA which says it needs to be restored. A member of the other body wrote us a letter and says it needs to be restored. So I do not argue that. Later on, the gentleman from Wisconsin, the ranking member of the committee, is going to offer a recommital motion which will say that we are going to restore the money. But the problem with this cut, at three-quarters, almost at the end of the fiscal year, we are cutting veterans' medical care. It does not have to be in that area. I know that is what it says. We do not know where it might be. We cut VA claim processing, cut Social Security Administration, and we cut highway funds. If we look at the back of this yellow sheet, we will see the amount of money cut from every State. Now, there are none of us that travel throughout our State that do not need more money for highways. The money for highways comes from the taxpayer, and we voted this last year, to say that all the money that is collected in taxes is going to go to the highway fund. So it would be a mistake, in my estimation, for us to in any way make this cut in order to restore the FEMA funds.”