Anthony Foxx: “The work you all have done and will continue to do on this issue is vitally important.”

We have growing freight activity in this country. And without substantial, new, more robust investments in infrastructure, we're going to find ourselves more bottlenecks, more congestion and more delays.

Let us do something big. I am ready to work with you and all members of Congress to get something done.

You have my commitment to be fair and transparent about how the department would work on those issues.

We believe in strengthening our Buy America program to make sure the American taxpayer dollars are being invested in American projects built by American hands with American products.