Bob Corker: “I rise in morning business today to talk about the so-called economic stimulus package we will be dealing with in this…”

“I rise in morning business today to talk about the so-called economic stimulus package we will be dealing with in this body over the next few weeks. I think the Presiding Officer knows that it is very seldom that I come to this floor to speak. I try to only speak when I have something to say. I realize that today, I am probably a voice in the wilderness and probably will be over the next few weeks. As are many Americans, all Americans who are familiar with being around railroads, I know a freight train when I see it coming. I realize the action taken yesterday in the House, by overwhelming majority sending over to our body a stimulus package to deal with--I realize the winds are blowing, and the fact is that the winds are blowing in the direction of a stimulus package. I am honored to serve in this body. I know that, contrary to much of what the American public thinks, there are many things that happen on this floor that actually show greatness of this body and greatness of individuals.”