Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentlelady from New York for her courtesies of extending time on a bill that we have been waiting for for a very long time. I was speaking, as I was coming to the floor, and thinking about whether or not we could work together in a bipartisan manner. I represent a number of airports generally, and specifically I represent Bush Intercontinental Airport, which has a reputation for being one of the top airports around the Nation. A couple of months ago, we stood together with our airport director and workers in the community, asking for an FAA authorization bill. We are in need of repairs, and we are in need of growth. And how exciting it is to know that this has been one of the best job-growth months in our time, 243,000 jobs. We're on the right track, Ms. Slaughter, and this bill would have certainly been on the right track. But why in the world do we put in this bill a poison pill that some say is a settlement, a resolve, that takes a configuration of counting that is absurd? For those who want to come together as the First Amendment allows you to do, the right to assemble in unions and employee organizations--which to date has not harmed our airport industry--for those who want to come together, an absurd configuration of retirees and people who are not there are counted when you have an election to become a union. Just yesterday, the Governor of Indianapolis, Indiana, signed a right-to-work. We have right-to-work States.…”