It is my hope that we can transform that attitude.
I hope you will take my selection as a signal of the President's commitment to focusing his energies on policy rather than partisanship.
It's an honor for me to appear before you as President Obama's candidate for the United States Secretary of Transportation.
These four areas--economic health, sustainability, a focus on people and communities, and safety--will be major priorities for me if I am co...
I will want to hear what people have to say before policy is set or decisions are made.
If confirmed, you can rely on me for the same dedication.
That is a clarion call for Congress, and the Department, to act.
I will do so always with a commitment to fairness, across regional lines, across party lines.
the failure to move the Passenger Bill of Rights legislation introduced by Senator Boxer and I is even more troubling because enhanced safet...
President Obama wants to get this money out.
First is openness. That means an open door to you, to your Senate colleagues, to my former colleagues in the House and to all Americans.
I think it kind of defeats the purpose then to go back and say that you're going to auction those off.
I think it's the way forward to get us a comprehensive Amtrak system in this country.
I personally do not think that is a good idea.
President Obama is committed to ensuring that the Administration's transportation policy furthers his goal to reduce greenhouse gas emission...
President Obama wants to eliminate earmarks, particularly in the stimulus.
I do not need to tell anyone here about the severe economic challenges we face.
We want less bureaucracy and less red tape, and we want to put people to work.
