06/26/2013
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"A six-year authorization bill will allow States to make plans and begin hiring workers for long-term projects."
"These bills save thousands and thousands of lives, as you said, and I think that is something that we need to keep sight of and keep in mind as we go through this process."
"I think even they would be amazed at how accurate that prediction has become."
"Our founding fathers instituted two-year terms for the Members of the House. We have to run every other year, and they did that on purpose because they felt that would put more pressure on the Members..."