Ed Rendell

This is not a mid-year election. This is the equivalent of a presidential election.

The Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, who probably couldn't agree that today is Thursday, they agree that we need to raise the gas tax.

We strongly support an infrastructure bank. It is the best vehicle, we think, for getting capital, private capital, into play for projects of regional and national significance.

The Northeast Corridor by 2030 will increase our population by 40 percent, and there is not enough I-95 to support that.

We need to revitalize America's infrastructure before it is too late.

The cost of inaction --and the gentleman from the trucking industry talked about repairs and accidents to the trucks that come from bad roads and inadequate bridges.

Raising taxes: less than $100. Cost of inaction: $818.

We need to raise the gas tax. We need to adjust it for inflation on a yearly basis.

There is no reason under God's good earth that it cannot be done in six months.

You insulate the infrastructure bank from political pressure, like the BRAC Commission, which by and large works pretty well.

we can afford $185 billion annual increase in infrastructure investment because of the economic and societal benefits to us.