Barbara Boxer

We don't do that when we know that we can work together.

We know we have a looming deadline which does the same.

At the end of the day, we have to determine, as Americans, and we representing the American people, if investing an additional $6 billion a year for 2 years makes sense.

The basic Highway Trust Fund, that is how we fund, that is the bread and butter.

We have made a lot of reforms in this bill. It is remarkable how many reforms we have made.

But where we can come together, we do. And this is one area we believe it is absolutely necessary for our States and the United States to be strong and competitive.

We must get that same sense of bipartisanship in the Finance Committee, because these are tough times.

If we allow the Highway Trust Fund to expire, the authorization to expire, and now we see a 34 to 36 percent cut, disaster, that is what would happen.

If it is built, the world is going to open up in West Virginia.

I have been suffering for 40 years watching the building of something called Corridor H.

I think it's imperative that we come together to make common cause on this, and I think it'll happen.

It's time to get on with enacting a multiyear transportation reauthorization bill in a bipartisan way.

The Congress must supplement Highway Trust Fund receipts or thousands of jobs will be lost in every single state.

The biggest obstacle to moving the current multiyear reauthorization bill on surface transportation is the Highway Trust Fund's financial outlook.

Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Representative John Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, support increasing TIFIA's annual budget authority to…

We must choose which path to follow: protect jobs and our nation's long-term economic health, or damage our country's ability to remain competitive.

The unacceptable state of the nation's infrastructure is hurting our ability to be a world leader.

I want to throw out one caution in terms of the Highway Trust Fund.

I think it would be instructive.

I think it is important to note that if we had more sustainable energy, we wouldn't have to import oil from some of those nations that harbor terrorists who attack us, so good for you for pushing for sustainability.

I want to note that the person who marked that law up, I did win my reelection.

I want to tell you something. The National Park Service runs an incredible program surrounding Alcatraz, a national park.

Denigration of the full faith and credit of the U.S. would have substantial effects on domestic financial markets and on the value of the dollar in exchange markets.

I appreciate your concerns about the issues you raised, as well as the concerns raised by Senator Barrasso.

My goal now in my new job is public service, so it is very different.