Political Quotes

“the Senator from Virginia, throughout my career in the U.S. Senate, has fought for the balanced budget as hard as anyone. I say that with humility. I am sure the distinguished Senator from Montana has a like record and a like commitment. We are also entrusted with the responsibility, in my case as chairman and the Senator from Montana as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Public Works and Environment, to see that our Nation's infrastructure of highways, and to a certain extent mass transit-- although that is primarily in another committee--constantly is administered in such a way as to promote growth in this country. Talk about a balanced budget. That balanced budget is dependent on the ability of Americans to get to their place of work, to return safely, to provide for their families, and every Member of this body knows that we are falling behind every minute in our ability to keep in place the infrastructure of roads and bridges, much less modernize it to make it safer and more efficient. We are steadily falling behind.”