House Proceeding 11-06-09 on Nov 6th, 2009 :: 5:11:30 to 5:13:20
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5:11:18 to 5:11:31( Edit History Discussion )

Trent Franks: force to it. when you have the word shall 3,425 times in this bill, that' a lot of force.

5:11:30 to 5:13:20( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Peter Hoekstra

5:11:32 to 5:11:52( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: taking power away from the people. mr. hoekstra: and i have a great amount of background in -- you and i have a great amount of background in legislation that has a lot of shall in it. we can go back to a very novel and noble idea, the highway

5:11:53 to 5:12:15( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: under the administration of presid goal was very, very good. build an interstate highway system, something that, you know, was very, very much need and we built it. that thing still exists but now what has it become? it's become this massive bill, this massive process, where we

5:12:16 to 5:12:39( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: take all of this money from the states, so a state like michigan, i don't know if you're a doner or donee state. let's explain to our colleagues here and our visitors what a donor state means. it means that, you know, michigan, the state of michigan, we send, what is it, out of every gallon of gas there's like

5:12:40 to 5:13:00( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: a 19-cent tax and for the 53 years that this program has been in existence, for every dollar that we've september to washington michigan has gotten become -- sent to washington, michigan has gotten back 83 cents and people wonder why roads in michigan aren't in great shape. i had a constituent a couple weeks ago come to me and say,

5:13:01 to 5:13:21( Edit History Discussion )

Peter Hoekstra: you know, congressman, why aren't our roads, why can't our roads be like west virginia? and the kind of like, we checked for the average of 53 years, west virginia has gotte back for every dollar that they put in. that's a pretty good deal.