You establish priorities.
Assessment districts would be a vehicle by which you could exercise the local support for something.
We need to get more innovative than that.
We need to keep asking ourselves what is the Federal role. This Nation's needs far exceed the available funding.
As we make decisions for the next surface transportation bill we will need to keep asking ourselves, 'What is the Federal role?'
Any emphasis on addressing metropolitan congestion problems must be based on the recognition that Washington does not understand the unique ...
What we are talking about are life and death issues.
I am a father and grandfather, so obviously protecting the health of children, born and unborn, is a personal priority.
The goal of this oversight hearing today, as well as the legislative efforts we have underway, is very straightforward.
We have actually eliminated a bunch of highly effective teachers in Oklahoma to meet the requirements of what the Federal Government has sai...
OK, it has been 16 years since the Federal aid program authorized the use of State infrastructure banks.
Clearly, we need to think about how we can do things differently.
Well, we know the problem. We talked about the fact there is about $600 billion out there, and it is growing every day in terms of just main...
That is my point. This has been available to everyone, and you haven't turned them away. I think you have answered it very well.
I mean, this is not just a matter of convenience; it is a matter of life and death.
I believe our Federal infrastructure spending is one of our very primary concerns, second only to defending America.
We can't expect to spend our way out of this crisis with Federal dollars alone; we need a true public-private partnership.
I believe in Federal infrastructure spending and see it as one of the primary purposes of Government.
