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The terrifying bridge collapse that occurred in Senator Murray's State just 3 weeks ago once again highlights the importance of maintaining our Nation's highways and bridges.

But I think, writ large around the country, one of the things we're still struggling with is, there are a lot of places where people don't want to pay tolls.

What other sources of revenue would be available? Are there any innovative approaches being tried by the States?

MAP-21 is only a 2-year bill instead of the traditional 6-year bill, because we were unable to find further funding.

In this time of severe budgetary challenges, we are going to need to find political consensus on how to sustainably fund surface transportation over the long term.

It's clear that additional investments are necessary.

I want to join you in welcoming our witnesses. And I very much appreciate your scheduling this hearing so that we can discuss in very concrete terms, no pun intended, the needs of our Nation's crumbling infrastructure.

I believe that we authorized $750 million for this year and $1 billion for next year, and that it's estimated that $1 billion in TIFIA funding could leverage $10 billion in actual lending capacity.

I so share the administration's belief that investment in transportation is critical to the health of our economy and to our economic recovery.

The Nation has four top cyber risks, and the first one listed is one that has been of great concern to me since we produced the bill last year that, unfortunately, could not get past a filibuster.

In that legislation, we did pay attention to the need for a more expert cyber workforce.

I just wanted to clarify that because perhaps that is one issue we could put to rest.

I thank the Senator. And what about companies like Robbins Lumber in Maine that produces solid wood products, like 2x4s or flooring? While the product may be the same product that has been on the market for decades, the company producing…

I would like to clarify that it is not the Committee's or the Senator's intent to exclude forest products from this program. And I would also like to clarify the meaning of the new provisions around innovation in the program.

We have publicly, privately, and repeatedly urged our Russian counterparts to cease arms sales and deliveries to Syria.

I do not support the sequestration process and believe we should be setting priorities

At this time, I would like to yield 5 minutes to the author of the bill, the gentlewoman from my home State of Maine, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

I thank both gentlemen for your willingness to look at section 8 more closely. {time} 1630