Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, issued the following statement after Republican leaders pulled a transportation funding bill from the floor, cancelling a planned vote on the bill this evening.

“Really? Republicans can vote 40 times to repeal Obamacare, but when it comes to actually governing they can’t find the votes for their own transportation bill?

“Republicans didn’t try to write a bill that Democrats could support. But it turns out the Republicans weren’t even able to write a bill that Republicans would support.

“Democrats and moderate Republicans knew this bill dangerously gutted job-creating investments. But Tea Party Republicans thought it didn’t cut enough. This is a bit like the story of the three bears, but in this story, if the Tea Party bear doesn’t get the perfect porridge, then he flips over the table and storms out of the room.

“In this divided Congress, the only way Republicans can pass legislation is by coming across the aisle and working with Democrats. We’re ready to work.”

Larsen, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, spoke out against the transportation funding bill earlier this month.