"I am hearing reports now that the requirement that those funds be used for capital expenses and not operating expenses is posing some problems for our rural transit systems."
"We will be following that closely, too."
"We would like you to keep this subcommittee fully aware of any potential problems that you see out there."
"I believe that the Department must address this issue if it wants to avoid the kind of waste, fraud, and abuse that undermines the public's confidence."
"We want to make sure that the considerable amount of money that we put out there is spent wisely, and that we earn the trust of America by doing it right."
"One of the goals of this Committee is to keep the water running and the lights on."
"Federal projects have historically provided numerous benefits to my district in eastern Washington State."
"One of our goals here is to keep the water running and the lights on."
"Much of our infrastructure is in jeopardy, however, because of age, environmental litigation, insufficient funding and other factors."
"You know, that is 33,000 jobs."
"I am just trying to get my arms around how these estimates are actually going to play out."
"I guess I am concerned about estimates as to actually how many jobs are going to be created."
