Infrastructure

That will give you $21 million to deal with the roads.

I think that is an appropriate thing for our country to do for a naval yard that built and repaired ships for this country throughout virtually its entire history.

H.R. 1594 could discourage investments by pension plans in such areas as small business development, infrastructure, and affordable housing.

We should not have a train wreck.

The destruction of basic physical infrastructure poses a threat to the lives of the survivors.

The Committee's failure to provide requested funding for NATO Infrastructure could threaten other programs, such as the Partnership for Peace and the Combined Joint Task Force that were recently announced by the President and our allies.

I'm really glad to be able to talk with you now that the text telephone system is in place nationwide.

The $65 million reduction for Amtrak capital would leave insufficient funds to continue purchase of new equipment and maintenance of stations.

It is essential that DARHT be fully funded and completed on schedule.

One of the most important things we can do to improve our overall transportation system and to create high-wage manufacturing jobs is to improve and expand our Nation's rail system.

The bill continues current overly prescriptive levels of Federal oversight of highway project development and construction.

We must not let Congress raise the gas tax for projects that towns don't even need.

Sound public works projects form an important part of our Nation's infrastructure.

The project has the potential of doing substantial environmental harm and may well be without adequate benefits to justify any expenditures.

I have proposed substantial Federal support for several essential capital improvement projects.

Construction of the Portsmouth plant is now expected to cost $4,400 million and will mean 6,000 new jobs for southern Ohio.

Construction of that plant at Portsmouth, Ohio, will assure a central role for Ohio for years to come in providing fuel needed for nuclear power plants in the United States and around the world.

We will be able to quiet our Nation's skies.