Ed Rendell: “The number of jobs will grow, two and a half million new jobs if we do this corridor project correctly.”

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.

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.

there is no incentive for people to work hard, so many do not. There is no incentive for people to save money, so much of it is squandered.

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.