"Because we all don't want our middle class to be paying more. This makes sense."
"If we can't tell our people that they have a guarantee of several years at least, they are not going to build those roads."
"And that means lost jobs and businesses really hurting."
"We have to move these goods. This is essential for our national defense, for our national security."
"We need a bill and we need it now."
"I am very worried, that I see that same kind of lackadaisical attitude about what we are facing."
"This is essential for our national defense, for our national security. And of course, for our economic security."
"I think we need to take the lead and get this going."
"we do agree on the absolute importance of having a Class A transportation system."
"I want to make it clear that Senator Vitter and I totally agree that there ought to be an offset if we go with a higher gas tax for middle class and working poor."
"We are in a dire circumstance."