Ed Rendell: “We are investing in our infrastructure. We are investing in our Country's future.”

We can't be an exceptional country without a first-class infrastructure. And let the record show we don't have one anymore.

There has to be a vehicle for specific projects. But that vehicle... would be competitive earmarks based on a cost-benefit analysis.

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

I would envision 5, 10 years down the road that we wouldn't have a gas tax, we would have some other form of user fee.