Ed Rendell: “The Federal Government is the only political subdivision without a capital budget.”

This is not wasted money. Infrastructure is one of those things that gives us a future.

We haven't had a national plan since President Eisenhower built the Interstate Highway System.

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

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.