Political Quotes

“I rise because I truly believe we can do better. I join my colleague from Texas to speak and raise the question of: What was the GSA, the General Services Administration, thinking? There are a lot of good workers and we should not attribute to them bad acts, but it was such poor judgment--$800,000 to be spent recklessly on party hearty. But I also want to raise the question of the contracts that the GSA sends out. In the instance of the stimulus dollars, my Federal building has been rehabbed under the stimulus moneys to create jobs, and we can't get the contractor, Gilbane, to address the question of diversity in the workforce or diversity in contractors. What a terrible shame. There has been some hard work and some attention, but not the hard press that should come about when you seek fairness. Mr. Speaker, I also want to mention the fact that I'm supporting Mr. Courtney's bill, of Connecticut, because it is a shame to double, triple the interest rates on loans that college students need to provide for their education. Finally, I want to say that NASA has sent the Discovery to the Smithsonian. I want a shuttle in Houston, and we're never giving up until we get it. We are the historic home for the shuttle. ____________________”