After stating their key findings, I will complete my presentation. How many more minutes do I have? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has consumed 5\1/2\ minutes.

Madam President, before the Senator leaves the floor, I would like to thank her again. What I want to say to her is something she has said to me over and over; that is, the importance of finding common ground when we can. We all know we…

I would love to get this done in 5 minutes. So let me be clear about where I stand. But has my friend received confirmation from Speaker Boehner that he would take up the bill tomorrow? My understanding is that they moved up their--this is…

I will just say before I yield that the States that lost construction jobs last month, according to the general contractors, are Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska…

I thank my friend because she has been such a leader. I was listening to every word she said, as well as Senator Inhofe talking about the mother who was killed because of a bridge collapse. This touches our hearts as family members. Yes…

I wanted to say that I have a chart here that shows the States that have either canceled or delayed highway projects. These projects are valued at over $1.6 billion. Think about the jobs and the businesses that are suffering. They are in…

Mr. President, I appreciate the presentation by my friend. He is absolutely right and my colleague Senator Feinstein is absolutely right on this point. I think the American truckers are saying, I say to my friend from Mississippi, that…

I thank my friend, and I agree with him. If each of us had written the bill that is before us, it wouldn't look the way it looks. Clearly, if my friend had written it, this wouldn't be in there. If I had written it, this wouldn't be in…

Mr. President, if ever there were a bipartisan issue, it is this one. When Republican President Dwight Eisenhower was running for office, he was shocked at the condition of our roads and the fact that we really didn't have roads that were…

Madam President, I am observing it exactly the same way. I said before that we have a very honest relationship in terms of where we can find that common ground, and it is in this arena. As the Senator from Oklahoma has pointed out, he…

That is tragic. What happens when people are laid off? We know what happens. We are getting out of this tough recession, and none of us wants to walk down the path of a short-term solution. So I say to my friend, I am going to finish my…

Madam President, reclaiming my time, my friend is right. This is an area where conservatives, progressives, liberals, moderates--what we call ourselves doesn't matter. We need to have a good, strong highway system. We need to fix the…