Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Arkansas. This en bloc includes my amendments to strike the EV funding program. Do you know why? Because the EV funding program pays the Communist Party of China. That is who it pays. You don't have to believe me. You can just listen to the chairman. He said it in his remarks, right? That is the future, and China is building it. That is where your money is going. My amendment also prohibits loans to high-speed rail projects that fail to meet the FRA safety standards, our safety standards. We just ask that they meet them. But since they don't, we shouldn't be building them. It strikes the carbon reduction program. Why? Because that, again, pays the Communist Party of China. It prohibits Amtrak from expanding their network because they can't afford the network they have now. You don't believe me? Talk to Mr. Butterfield. He just talked about it. It strikes the Capital Investment Grant program because all of America shouldn't pay for a couple of pet projects in somebody's location. It strikes the section restricting the right of States to set their speed limits because, I don't know, I think there should be a different speed limit in Center City Philadelphia than one in Nebraska or across Wyoming. {time} 2000 Now, Madam Speaker, I am grateful to have some amendments finally heard here, but this system is broken. The Speaker and the majority have chosen a closed process that restricts debate. Why have they done it?…”