Well, we are gathering up cosponsorship for the bill. And I appreciate your comments, because this is designed to kind of jump this movement forward. There are communities in the municipalities across the country that have begun to put…

I thank my colleague for yielding, and I appreciate him for convening this discussion this evening on jobs in general. And I would like to focus, as you mentioned, on green jobs in particular. You mentioned the American Recovery and…

We are in a terrific place now where we have the opportunity not just to do the right thing for the environment but, at the same time, to create a tremendous number of jobs and economic opportunities for the workforce out there. It's a…

Mr. President, I am proud today to support the student loan reform provisions in the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. I've said this often, we in this country enjoy many freedoms: the freedom of speech…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the FAA Extension Act 2010, H.R. 4915, which would provide a short-term extension of existing FAA authorization legislation. I want to thank the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Costello, for his…

Mr. President, this is indeed a great day because we are passing real health care reform for American families, for American workers, for American small business, for seniors, and our communities. Health care reform will save lives. No…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and I congratulate him for his leadership, and I thank Mr. Camp as well for his work. In the fall, Madam Speaker, of 2008, America did not know whether it was heading for the second Great Depression…

Yes. I think we've had very serious incidences that have occurred over the last 48, 72 hours.

Yes. I think we have had very serious incidences that have occurred over the last 48, 72 hours.

I would argue as a taxpayer that for that $40 billion a year it would be entirely appropriate for us to have a policy statement that says this is how we want our money to be used and our roads to be built.

The next transportation bill must work to create new job opportunities for America, advance new transportation infrastructure projects that significantly reduce our fossil fuel consumption and reduce our carbon emissions.

It really speaks in volumes as to what we need to do in improving our transportation infrastructure.

You all know the greenhouse gas emissions, that 30 percent comes from transportation.

We need an energy policy in this country. Transportation can play a key role.

Stormwater is the Nation's largest source of water pollution.

What we are suggesting to you is that what we need is a national policy statement in the bill about how highways need to be designed to control water pollution.

We need to change the notion that a highway is an efficient delivery mechanism for pollution.

And all that we did to get to the Moon helped us dominate where we are now and we are losing that dominance.