We are going to be allowed questions for the record?

The challenges in continuing to provide a safe and free flowing transportation network have never been greater.

Transportation is often neglected.

Both Chairman Boxer and I have complained about some of the bureaucratic delays that might be eliminated.

We tried to triple that amount and were unsuccessful in being able to get the bill up.

We are going to have to get a little more creative.

I am for all of those things that are included in here.

That bank idea will rob the future growth of the highway program.

There is a direct link between a robust economy and a strong transportation infrastructure.

We can do it. We know we can do it. We are doing it right now just by getting people in a room working together.

We all agree that a passenger rail system linking the big cities of this Country would be a great idea.

How are we going to finance a high speed rail system today without some form of capital funding?

This is by far the best nomination that you have made.

There hasn't been a new project started in Pennsylvania for 2 years because we simply don't get the Federal money we used to get.

I fear that a national infrastructure bank will serve urban areas at the expense of rural.

You know, I am glad to hear you say that because all too often, we want to reinvent something that has already been invented.

We can't do major projects anymore off of SAFETEA-LU.

Part of the Choctaw Nation is in my district and I just do not want that to apply to every part.