Political Quotes

“I, quite frankly, to some degree resent this attack on one area of the country, because I think that we are all one country. My friend from Chattanooga before me pointed out very well that there are some things good happening in the Tennessee Valley because of TVA. We do not attack people because we do not have something that happens in Wisconsin or New Jersey. We do not have a lot of Coast Guard along the Tennessee River. I resent this attack on a small southern area of the country. But more than that, what the gentleman's amendment will fail to do and what he does not understand is this money that is appropriated to TVA is because TVA is the agency of choice to fulfill some of the safety measures that must be undertaken by either the Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard, or others along 600-plus miles of the Tennessee River with dams and locks and those sorts of things. That is the kind of money we are appropriating, because the TVA can do it efficiently, and it is the agency of choice in this regard.”