I do not think that should be overlooked, and which is also increasing, actually, the projects on the ground.
I am not ready to find that solution.
I know it is hard to have a two-track strategy, but we must.
I agree with you completely. I think that a lot of our colleagues who are pushing for this do not understand the opportu...
Under Bill Clinton, we got a balanced budget, we got a surplus, and we got that debt going down.
I cannot say to a person, but I have discussed this with most of them and they have supported the 18-month extension.
I could not agree with your more. The deficit and the national debt have got to be brought down.
the difference I have with him is strictly on the timing, it is not on what he said.
I would prefer to see 18 months because it gets us past the politics.
I stood shoulder to shoulder with my colleague trying to get three times more funding into the Stimulus Bill for highway...
I think there is no question, I guess a few of us here have ports, and we know what engines they are for growth, moving ...
Our prayers go out to the families, the victims, those whose lives were forever changed as a result of that tragedy.
A lot of us on this Committee want to find a way to fill the Highway Trust Fund and do it in a way that makes sense.
This is about jobs, it is about our economy.
Well, my belief is that an 18-month extension shows our commitment to continuity.
I hope that we can work together as you meet with these various groups.
I am not going to keep going back to the American people and a gas tax.
We will do both. We will solve our short-term crisis and we will have a long-term bill that everyone is going to be prou...
