The difficulty here, Madam Chairman, and I just want to point this out because the Appropriations Committee will be meet...
I salute a recommendation that says, look, let us just make sure that we keep this traffic moving
This Committee is ready. We have agreement across party lines.
We need to do that, working with this Committee, working with the Appropriations Committee, because literally the safety...
We must have continued investment. We must have continued job creation.
The job before us is urgent.
we have to stand up and make sure we do the right thing for the American people, for the environment, for our future.
But a short-term extension raises a lot of doubts, at least in my State.
I have stated before, I am willing to see the gas tax indexed to inflation.
the reason is we have a crisis in the Highway Trust Fund and we have no consensus on how to fund a transformational bill...
I want a short-term fix.
I do not think they will buy it. They are struggling right now.
I, in good conscience, as the Chairman of this Committee, do not feel that I can move forward at this time of fiscal str...
I hope that I have been clear here, for those that have been thinking that the reason we are not going into the 5 or 6 y...
I am very, very grateful to you.
I believe we have to take a hard look at why such a destructive practice is allowed to continue.
This is an important issue.
It is critical that we better understand what impacts these practices have.
