Elaine Chao: “The Department of Transportation cannot rebuild America's infrastructure on its own. We must work collaboratively across…”

The President, yes, the President is concerned about the viability of this project, and the fact that New York and New Jersey have no skin in the game.

Our nation's infrastructure is the backbone of our world class economy, the most productive, flexible, and dynamic in the world.

No political pressure is going to take one of those projects, put it at the head of the line, ahead of all other projects, which is what is happening in this particular case.

About a quarter of our Nation's bridges are deemed structurally deficient.