Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. What the gentleman from Louisiana was saying is exactly right. Actually, he had an amendment that could have helped with that problem that was not made in order by our crack Rules Committee. I am sure if he would promise to shave next time he speaks, they probably would make it in order the next time we have this bill. {time} 1530 Not only are there a lot of bills that are basically meaningless because the authority is already there, there are a few situations simply when the new additions to it do not make sense. One of the speakers in here was talking about one of the coastal zone management amendments to add Washington, D.C., to the coastal zone management plan, which would be good except that, first of all, Washington, D.C., is not a State, and, secondly, it is not even a coastal State. It would actually make more sense to have my hometown, because at least we are on the Great Salt Lake and have brackish water that could be included in part of this thing. It also would make a problem of simply reducing the total amount of funds that go to the 35 States that actually have their programs already here. It is not a problem for Utah. We are not part of it. But those States that have coasts, they will have their programs reduced because of this. More importantly, it provides jurisdictional problems in how the city of Washington, D.C., would interface with the Federal Government.…”