It would be great if you could reduce litigation.

the most important question we must answer is how we will pay for the program going forward.

Since I've been associated with highway bills in the time I've been in the House and Senate, we've done three.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the Senator from Wyoming Mr. Barrasso be recognized, followed by the Senator from Arkansas Mr. Pryor. Madam President, I modify the unanimous consent request…

Madam President, yesterday USA Today and the Pew Research Center released a new poll that found Americans, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, were dissatisfied with the direction the country is going. Sixty-two percent of Americans rate their…

We need a fix on this and I hope we can come up with a solution.

We're unable to pass long-term funding transportation bills rooted in bold ideas.

But it is a tool. It has been available to Congress, but it's very difficult to feature a bill passed by Congress if the Administration has taken a hard stand saying I'm not going to sign a bill or entertain a financing mechanism that…

The Administration has, in testimony in front of this Committee and others that I've been involved with in my time in the Senate, by your predecessor that that's something the Administration would not support.

This short-sightedness has left us with a broken and increasingly second-rate transportation system.

I was disappointed that you voted on May 6, 2014 against an amendment during consideration of the CPSC's 2014 Mid-Year Review.

I want to thank Mark for being here today and very much helping inform our thinking and help shape an agenda that would be good for rural America and good for our tribes.

I look forward to Mr. Tilsen offering his firsthand knowledge and experience to the Ag Committee as we consider how to advance economic development strategies in small communities.

I appreciate very much your holding this hearing today and providing this Subcommittee with an opportunity to hear from leaders in rural America.

There are a lot of us in Congress, myself included, who have been frustrated by the whole issue of not being able to get the Keystone Pipeline approved.

Mr. Chairman, as you may know, the Department of Veterans Affairs manages thousands of historically significant parties, and according to a recently released study and report by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the VA has a…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Those are the issues on which we should be focused. I hope we will start--and start creating jobs and opportunities for the American people. ____________________