Bob Wise: “I happen to believe in that maxim and I believe in another maxim. You ought to get what you pay for. And if you pay a…”

“I happen to believe in that maxim and I believe in another maxim. You ought to get what you pay for. And if you pay a dedicated tax, you ought to get what it is dedicated to. And if you pay 18.4 cents at the gas pump for roads and bridges and maintenance and construction, you ought to get 18.4 cents worth of roads and bridges and construction. So that is one essential reason that this is such a crucial vote today. There is another reason. I want to deal with those who say, ``If you take this off-budget, then it hurts other areas of the discretionary budget.'' Well, there is one thing that Republicans and Democrats agree on and that is the need for growth. There is one thing that unfortunately neither the Republican nor Democratic budget has in it, and that is adequate growth. The best I have seen is a 2.5-percent increase every year. The worst is 2.3-percent and neither one is a growth budget. This is growth. The only way you grow is to invest in your country, in your stock, in your physical infrastructure--your roads, your bridges, your water systems, your sewer systems, your airports, your locks and dams. that is how you grow.…”