Political Quotes

“I won't belabor things by talking about that, but I have to say the previous question makes an awful lot of sense for us to do a 6-year plan. People in our States and in our localities are looking to us to give them some certainty. I hear this all the time from colleagues on both sides of the aisle. For us not to do that, to me, is extremely troubling; and, I believe, in the long haul, it is harmful to the economy of this country. We need to pass a long-term surface transportation bill, and I genuinely believe most Members in the House of Representatives, Republican and Democrat, feel the same way. The name of this bill at least flirts with being clever, I will give the majority that. But let me tell you that we really need to rein in around here. We need to rein in a Republican-led Congress that will no longer bring the remaining appropriations bills to the floor because it is more dedicated to seeing the Confederate flag fly high. I really don't understand that. What happened here a few days ago, we had the Interior measure going forward. Someone complained, rightly, about the Confederate flag in public places. {time} 1315 All of a sudden, the Interior Appropriations and any other appropriations went away. I predict that we will probably wind up with a continuing resolution, rather than doing the work that the American people sent us here to do, and that is to complete the appropriations or remaining bills.…”