Barbara Boxer actually said...

"We have just as much at stake in the TIFIA Program as all of you do because we put our confidence in it."

"Looking at it from their side, they do not want to make a mistake because the first mistake, politics will implode on whoever makes a mistake, whether it is a Republican Administration or a Democratic..."

"People voted to tax themselves which is always the best mandate you can have, especially a super majority."

"The TIFIA Program provides direct loans, loan guarantees and lines of credit to surface transportation projects at favorable terms."