It is inconceivable that any serious party would vote against infrastructure improvements or mass transit development, but Republicans stood on the floor of the House and gave lame-brain excuses why funding for highways, bridges, and mass-transit was a wasteful use of resources. Democrats gave passionate responses that outlined the virtues of government spending on real projects that create jobs, improve America’s transportation system, protect Americans’ safety, and preserve the environment, but their informative speeches fell on deaf ears. Republicans after all, are not interested in any programs that work for the American people and they demonstrated their contempt in grand fashion. The Republicans who spoke against transportation funding were shameless, and their reasons for opposing the programs were an embarrassment.
