I'm concerned that it could undermine some of the positive aspects of redeployment.

I can think of no one more qualified for this important job.

I am very proud and grateful today.

I hope that we are indeed able to make these ideas work.

We hold this hearing today at a time when our national economy is struggling and the U.S. Postal Service is not immune to that trend.

Your background is in the law and law enforcement. My world is political.

It is important to note that the $27.5 billion for highways in stimulus is no way a substitute for the hundreds of billions needed to address our Nation's infrastructure crisis.

We can't do our share with an ever-dwindling Highway Trust Fund.

We cannot walk away from it because we would be walking away from the future.

I am of a mind that pay as you go is really a good thing.

This is something we can get done, but nothing should be off the table, even if at first blush, you know, we reject it.

I hope the Administration is open to working with us on every possible idea.

We have to in the United States get our act together and address infrastructure in a big way.

I am averse to raising the gas tax. But I have not signed a pledge, and that means I am willing to see what we have to do.

We continue to hear loud and clear that the need for investment is great.

The current legislation, SAFETEA-LU, will expire on September 30, 2009.

We must have continued investment to maintain these jobs and make additional needed improvements to our infrastructure.

The funding provided in H.R. 1 was a good start, but certainly not enough.