Political Quotes

“Nobody has been a stronger advocate in my times on the committee for mass transit in Houston than the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay). He had the subcommittee go down there years ago to look at it, and I understand what he is trying to do. The same thing has happened in other parts of the country. People want to immediately move to rail. In my area, we eventually would like to have rail going out to Dulles Airport. I support that. But our intermediate step is the rapid bus transit which will be for one-tenth of the cost. In some respects, that is really modeled after what has been taking place in Houston. So what the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) is saying is one moves to that and then afterward. So I think he has been a very strong advocate for the entire time. In closing, Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. I echo the comments of the regional delegation who worked together. The Woodrow Wilson Bridge, it is the whole north-south corridor which, if it ever collapsed or prohibited the use of trucks, it would just devastate the economy of the Northeast.”