"This level of funding for highways in an economic stimulus bill is unacceptable, as it largely ignores the immediate job creation and economic growth associated with infrastructure investment."
"I would encourage President Obama to prioritize the transportation needs of this Country."
"We cannot walk away from it because we would be walking away from the future."
"I think it is important that so many people came here... We want to get this job done."
"I am averse to raising the gas tax. But I have not signed a pledge, and that means I am willing to see what we have to do."
"I think that is what we need right now. None of us is ideological about all this. We just want to be pragmatic and get this to happen."
"Well said."
"I want to say, we will as well. So I think this is, we are ready to go. We are very close to being ready to go."
"The funding provided in H.R. 1 was a good start, but certainly not enough."
"It is important to note that the $27.5 billion for highways in stimulus is no way a substitute for the hundreds of billions needed to address our Nation's infrastructure crisis."
"We must have continued investment to maintain these jobs and make additional needed improvements to our infrastructure."