I thank the gentleman for yielding. And what I was referring to is we did send over a position on our extension, and that was the streamlining that we wanted in our original bill but was in the extension. So that's what I was talking…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. We have also a reform in there on the coal ash, which is an element that goes into making cement. Of course, building roads and bridges, it's about cement and concrete. So there's another provision…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Just in response to my good friend from Maryland, I'm glad he brought up some of those other provisions, and they are job-creating provisions. The RAMP Act will unlock the Harbor Trust Fund so we can invest in…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the passion from the gentleman from Virginia, and I believe he is a supporter of infrastructure, as am I. I think you were referring to the former chairman. I was just emailing back…

A lot of what Mr. Hoyer said I agree with when it comes to moving a transportation bill. I think it is important to America, and our infrastructure is the backbone of our economy. We all know, I think, that in many places in the country…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in support of the motion to instruct. Passing a transportation bill is about jobs. It's about keeping America competitive in the world. So I, for one, am urging a ``yes'' vote on this motion…

Categorical exclusions in rights of way. If you're going to replace a bridge in the same footprint, we shouldn't have to go through these endless, long environmental reviews. We should be able to build that quickly and efficiently. In…

I just want to remind my colleague from New York, as he is walking off the floor, that it was the Democratic-controlled Congress that was unable to pass a transportation bill when they had control of this body for the past couple of years…

Now, that's the kind of reform we need to see, not forcing States to spend 10 percent in freight rail projects, but let's let them tap into this RRIF loan program and make it easier. The way our bill and our reforms are, it would make it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and commend him on his amendment. I think it's a great amendment. As a freshman, you have done tremendous work on the committee. And you've been in Washington only a year-and-a-half, and yet you brought a…

I thank the gentleman. I dispute the gentleman from West Virginia's figures. Are we going to spend less? Yes, quite possibly. But we have to live within our means. And by streamlining, I believe we'll spend that money out, and we'll create…

I wish the gentleman from California would have shown that kind of passion when the stimulus bill was passed 2 years ago and had come to the floor and said that the stimulus bill should be an infrastructure bill. There was only a very…