Political Quotes

“if we take that another step and we look at industry, and one of the first things I remember in the D.C. situation that my colleague mentioned was, they went in to put the roofs on the buildings because the buildings were leaking. It is one thing to have poor lighting. It is another thing to have trash cans in the building catching the water when it rains. And that leads to a multitude of problems of safety and additional deterioration and on and on. There is no question that the quality of the environment makes a difference. There are enough studies. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Green] mentioned growth. Let me just share a few of the States, if I may, that are growing so rapidly. Over the next 10 years, it is projected, this is just high school enrollment, because it goes back to the point he made about those youngsters showing up at elementary school. I have often said, some people want to know why communities are growing so and schools are growing. I said, well, you know, people move into communities, and when they move there, they tend to want to bring the children with them if they have children.”