John D. Porcari: “I still think I'm right, but others don't, so I gracefully exit the field, temporarily.”

As important as the discussion is today about reengineering the process, greater efficiencies, more concurrent process, all of which we support, that only helps if the money is there to actually build the project at the end of it.

We have serious legal and policy concerns with the proposed emissions trading scheme. It is extra territorial.

Why aren't we creating more U.S.-flag ships in this country? And what can we do to ensure that more of these ships are built and operated, owned and operated here?

We wouldn't have an Interstate Highway System, we wouldn't have the aviation system that is the envy of the world if we didn't have trust funds with dedicated revenue sources.