Anthony Foxx: “A tidal wave is coming for us, Mr. Chairman, and the question is--are we going to choke on our own growth or are we…”

Instead, what our transportation system received last year was no growth in funding at all.

I want to thank you for being such a great voice for the need to fix the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund and for long-term stability in the funding.

I stand with you 100 percent in urging Congress to provide adequate funding to build transit system capacity to meet growing ridership demand.

It is imperative. In this case the cost of delay is measured in lost members of our families, of pain and suffering, and the denial of economic, health and social opportunity for the elderly, disabled and the impoverished.