We tried to triple that amount and were unsuccessful in being able to get the bill up.
This is by far the best nomination that you have made.
We can do it. We know we can do it. We are doing it right now just by getting people in a room working together.
There is a direct link between a robust economy and a strong transportation infrastructure.
The challenges in continuing to provide a safe and free flowing transportation network have never been greater.
That bank idea will rob the future growth of the highway program.
We are going to have to get a little more creative.
Transportation is often neglected.
How are we going to finance a high speed rail system today without some form of capital funding?
I am for all of those things that are included in here.
Both Chairman Boxer and I have complained about some of the bureaucratic delays that might be eliminated.
We all agree that a passenger rail system linking the big cities of this Country would be a great idea.
There hasn't been a new project started in Pennsylvania for 2 years because we simply don't get the Federal money we use...
If you are not there and do not have these urban-based centers where so much of the native population is now off reserva...
We can't do major projects anymore off of SAFETEA-LU.
If I may, I just want to, for the record, thank you and thank Chief Pyle, who is just a remarkable leader.
Why would that be a problem to get some language that would eliminate that kind of ridiculous interpretation because the...
We would end paying for them in indigent care in some other facility when they are actually entitled to medical care.
