I have always said when I was first campaigning for this job and the different times I have been elected, four times, th...
the expanded Federal decisionmaking and control over issues traditionally handled at the local and State levels.
State, county and local government probably knows more about your needs than the Federal Government does.
We need to get more innovative than that.
Of course, we are blessed with probably the best Transportation Secretary of any of the States.
You establish priorities.
It has been very helpful to us.
There has got to be a better way than just continuing to do it as we have done in the past.
What we are talking about are life and death issues.
As we make decisions for the next surface transportation bill we will need to keep asking ourselves, 'What is the Federa...
But you have got to come up with it. And I just think we are going to have to deviate from our old 60-year-old behaviora...
Assessment districts would be a vehicle by which you could exercise the local support for something.
We need to keep asking ourselves what is the Federal role. This Nation's needs far exceed the available funding.
The goal of this oversight hearing today, as well as the legislative efforts we have underway, is very straightforward.
I am a father and grandfather, so obviously protecting the health of children, born and unborn, is a personal priority.
We have actually eliminated a bunch of highly effective teachers in Oklahoma to meet the requirements of what the Federa...
I mean, this is not just a matter of convenience; it is a matter of life and death.
OK, it has been 16 years since the Federal aid program authorized the use of State infrastructure banks.
