We are going to ask you to work with us on lots of different sections, but that is one we really care about.

Hopefully, California will then turn that into an all-offender law for the State.

We have to do more to make our highways safer.

We really appreciate that. But bigger trucks are also a threat to pedestrians and bicyclists.

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for Americans aged 3 to 34.

I think what is good news is that we have seen tremendous cooperation on the safety part of this bill.

The next Surface Transportation Authorization, MAP-21, will give us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to safety.

More people are killed and injured on America's roads than on all other transportation modes combined.

some of them are more preventable than others.

The larger the truck, obviously, it is a threat to every car on the road as well, if there is an impact.

Well, thank you very much for that very convincing statement.

So it seems to me, and the reason I feel we need to move in all the States is, why should a person in one State have a greater chance of losing her husband, I use that as an example, than a person in another State, when we are one Nation…

Thank you so much, just for your courage and turning your life into something so positive.

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We spend $1 billion a day to import foreign oil, and two-thirds of it is used for transportation.

I think that is really an important point here.

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I do want to thank Senator Inhofe. He has been a really good supporter of transit, highways, of our Highway Trust Fund.

We are going to work together because we all have common interests.

For me today is great day because yesterday, in a bipartisan vote, 68 to 29, the Senate passed the HIRE Act.

Let us work together on that.

One million American workers, including 100,000 in my State, will have confidence in knowing that their jobs are secure.