Today we just need to push the Administration to become a strong supporter of the Capital Investment Grant program.
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But I do not oppose your bridges and barges in rural America.
Transit is the backbone of our urban cities.
If we are going to keep up with this growth, this very rapid growth, we are going to have to make big investments in transit.
FTA now demands that all TIFIA funds be counted as Federal share, no matter who actually pays for the loan.
The budget requests for the CIG program from the administration have been, to say the least, anemic.
The CIG program has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support.
Surely this isn't deliberate. But then we are left to believe that the administration doesn't know how to handle this program.
They say to us that they are frustrated by the slow pace and the needless bureaucracy.
I am used to Congress slowing things up, we do it all the time.
It is unconstitutional to separate children from their families for deterrence purpose.
I think it would remove uncertainty about our trade policy with Mexico and Canada to have that pass.
I think our economy has been market-based, and I think that has served the public well.
I think our goal should be to not have poverty.
We want prosperity to be spread as broadly as it possibly can, and we want there to be progress upward for lots of people.
I think the United States Federal budget is on an unsustainable path.