I think it is important that we decide what the number is, what we are capable of doing, so that there is a consensus there.
I experienced two of the transportation bills while I was Governor of the State of Ohio, and I am glad that Governor Rendell is here and May...
How often does Congress see a bill that would rectify a multi-billion dollar debt situation, keep a vital function of Government alive, yet ...
I, along with other members of this committee, am concerned about these figures and want to work with the Postal Service to find cost saving...
if the Governors got together... you could have a major, major impact on what we are doing.
A gas tax increase on the Federal level would help, but it is not in and of itself the long-term answer.
Then what you tell them is, I am sorry, folks, we are not going to be able to do the job that needs to be done in our Country.
They have had an application pending in your Department since last year.
We have a really awful infrastructure problem in this Country, and you have heard the other Senators talk about other countries.
I want to publicly thank you for your leadership in getting our staffs together to begin to try to make sure that we get this transportation...
with smart policies, we can grow our economy today and preserve the environment for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren.
I believe that is patently false as well as short-sighted.
How about the whole issue of the nuclear waste that we are generating, and the fact that we continue to have it located in dry and wet stora...
I want to go to this distinction that Congressman Hinchey is talking about where the difference in--kind of the example that the general bro...
I am always nervous about the slippery slope in a variety of areas.
Nuclear power is not to be feared, but to be respected.
In terms of, you know, terrorist attack, you hear that. Oh my goodness, if something happens there that, you know, we will have calamity.
And also security.
