I just want to say to each and every one of you, this job that I have, that Senator Inhofe has, the rest of us, we would be nowhere without the people.
If we don't act, this is the fact, we will see a cut of one-third, actually 36 percent.
I thank you for it.
This is not going to be easy. But it is necessary.
This is a question of priorities.
I think this is a day that we will remember for a long time.
We have to mark up this bill before we leave this summer. We have to get this bill to the Senate floor and pass it.
We don't do that when we know that we can work together.
This bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, MAP-21, will maintain current funding levels, protect existing jobs, help spur eco...
We will see a loss of 620,000 jobs between highway and transit, 500,000 of those on the highway side.
And I honestly believe, in this effort, and I cannot thank the staff enough, Republican staff, Democratic staff, this has been a team effort...