Political Quotes

“I want to speak further to some of the issues and ideas laid out in the New Democrat Coalition's American Prosperity Agenda. I think one of the things I appreciate about the approach is it understands that there is not a silver bullet to getting this economy moving again. It is more like silver buckshot. Frankly, there is a whole bunch of things that we have to do to get our economy ready for success in the 21st century and have it be an economy that works for everybody. One of the things when I am home in Washington State that I hear quite a bit about is adequate investment in our roads and our bridges and our basic infrastructure, everything from transportation infrastructure to energy infrastructure. I know this is not always the most exciting subject. I have often pointed out that infrastructure is a Latin word, ``structure'' meaning structure and ``infra'' meaning boring, but it is actually incredibly important. We know that when we saw a bridge actually go down on Interstate 5 over the Skagit River just a couple of years ago. We know that when, in many parts of my State and, frankly, in many parts of this country, speed limit signs are only there for nostalgic purposes because we are simply sitting in traffic and not able to get our goods to market.…”