Political Quotes

“the plan that has been introduced to the Senate today is an affront to common sense, the plan presented by Senator Reid. It is an affront to the financial condition this country is in. I am working and hope to be able to support a highway bill that will have a modest increase in highway spending that is paid for that does not increase the debt. We can do that. It is not that hard. Apparently, it is hard because nobody wants to make any tough choices. They do not want to set priorities. So then it becomes very hard. We just want to keep everything going at the same rate. But we do need to invest some money in our infrastructure to maintain it, our highways, bridges, roads, and expand certain highways that need to be fixed. I think we should do that. Senator Reid comes in with a tax increase plan, a big spending plan, totaling, I think, $60 billion. We are supposed to pass this, and we have not yet found the money to pay for the fundamental highway bill this Congress is supposed to be working on. I believe it is wrong. I do not believe it can be justified by any stretch of the imagination. They say: Don't worry. We are raising taxes to fund this new transportation infrastructure program. Only a small portion of it is the infrastructure bank. This country is spending enough. We are wasting enough money now.…”