We can do better than this, you know.
We'd be crazy not to do this.
Some in the House actually are adamant about the need to slash funding for transportation projects.
States like my home state of West Virginia need sound infrastructure desperately to boost economic development in rural communities.
Americans rely on railways, they rely on highways, on airways, on waterways, and they do that so they can move goods efficiently.
In 2009 alone, congestion cost consumers and businesses well over $115 billion in wasted time and fuel.
Across the nation, we're driving on more than 90,000 miles of crumbling highways.
This is one of those hearings which can have a lot to do with the future of the country.
If they are headed to the Arctic, we all know that we have a tremendous gap in monitoring observation and research.
Those dollars, in my view, ought to, not to go into the Oil Spill and Liability Trust Fund, but be used, in fact, for those areas in large m...
the Ocean Conservancy strongly supports Senator Rockefeller's bill and the use of the Clean Water Act penalties toward the 80 percent dedica...
Those are public resources and they are owned by the public.
That must begin with dedicating a significant portion of the Clean Water Act penalties, as has been done by Senator Rockefeller in Senate Bi...
Do you believe it's feasible to base load off of natural gas the way we base loaded off of coal and nukes?
As West Virginians you know we've been blessed with a lot of natural resources, coal being predominantly.
We also need to look at ways to spur innovation in the public safety device market.
Our discussion draft reallocates the D-block to public safety and includes a carefully developed, effective and efficient national governanc...
As a founder and current cochair of the NextGen 911 Caucus with Mr. Shimkus in the House, I have fought to modernize our 911 call centers.
