Political Quotes

“This is an awesome idea. I am glad that the gentleman can walk 15 seconds outside his door and get on the train and, as he says, more quickly and safely get to his destination. That is great. That is good for him. If my colleague wants to pay for that, he should. If Illinois wants to pay for that, they should. I shouldn't have to pay for it. By the way, while my colleague is talking about quicker and safer, of course, there are no metrics to support any of that. I have no interest in riding mass transit. My daughters get on the bus every morning, and I remind them, as they are standing up there at the bus stop in the freezing cold waiting for the bus, that I hope they enjoy their mass transit. I hope they enjoy their public transportation because it is inefficient. It is not getting them there more quickly. Riding in America's cities on mass transit, my colleague said it is safer. It seems like crime is on the rise in every single city. It is not ``seeming so,'' it is so. It is not safe. It is not safe here in the Nation's Capital to ride on transit. It is not quicker. It is not safer. I am providing the same metrics to prove my point that you provided to prove yours, which are none. {time} 1930 Mr. Chair, this is about federalism. This is about subsidies and boondoggles and things that we can't afford while we are $33 trillion in debt.…”