Political Quotes

“to kind of cut through the heavy air here today, where we have had some pretty high drama and a great sense of emotion, let me say from the freshmen perspective that 44 out of 74 of the freshman Republicans, I would argue the most ardent budget balancers to come here in a long time, have signed on in support of taking the transportation trust funds off-budget. You can in fact balance the Federal budget and return these user fees to the people who paid them. We see it as a matter of principle, and the principle is to the Federal Government: Don't take the money from users if you don't need it, if you don't need to spend it. Don't take it. Don't store up these trust funds and not put the money back for the use and from the people that you took it. That is the matter of principle. We would like to kind of draw a line in the sand on this issue and this is an important issue and it puts and invests the money back into our economy which we desperately need. These are user fees from roads, airports, harbors. Put them back to use. Support H.R. 842.”