Political Quotes

“I rise tonight to thank my colleagues who worked so hard on this transportation package that we have just voted on. I thank Chairman Inhofe and Senator Boxer for their hard work, as well as Chairman Thune and Senator Nelson from the commerce committee for their hard work. The last thing I would have predicted at the beginning of this year is that Senator Boxer would have joined forces with Senator McConnell to force through a transportation package that many of us probably thought wasn't even a reality. I would like to thank the Senator from California because I think there are times in everybody's career where you have to decide that you are going to stand up and push forward no matter how many arrows are shot in your back or no matter how many questions people ask. You have a vision of a path that you see and you realize that at the end, you think you can produce a package that will really be good for America. That is what Senator Boxer has done. She has produced a package that will not only be a great legacy for an already great career but will be the very anecdote we need right now to an economy that is greatly challenged by a lack of infrastructure investment. I say that because the Senator from California and I both represent West Coast States that see Asia as a great economic opportunity and that represent ports up and down the West Coast. We probably have the top one and two and three and four ports on the west coast as far as volume.…”