Political Quotes

“it is like the Four Horsemen of the great Notre Dame team--Mr. Byrd, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Warner-- that time and time again comes out on this issue. But it requires the strength of the famous Four Horsemen on the football team because this tax is one that probably--I hesitate to say this, but I am going to say it anyway--is more acceptable to the public than any that I know of because they see this tax translated into things they desperately need by way of road improvements, by way of other improvements, and safety improvements. How many times do they drive up and down the highways in my State and we see the projects going on. It delays the traffic and they are irritated. But when they go by, they say: When that is fixed it will be better. These are those dollars that go directly from the gas pump to the project to employment in their States.”