"It hollows out our No. 1 priority, which is safety, and frankly, it hollows out the guts of the transportation efforts that we’ve been about for the last three years. It’s the worst transportation bill I’ve ever seen during 35 years of public service."
— U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood (Republican!), commenting on the GOP House’s proposed transportation bill that is such a lobbyist-infested-circle jerk that John Boehner has delayed the vote because he couldn’t even get his own teabaggers on board.
