Political Quotes

“Well, we saw what collapse can do with the Minnesota bridge and the loss of life. We saw what inadequate infrastructure protecting New Jersey and New York can do with extraordinary loss of public investment as well as private investment--and lives. Joining us for this discussion on jobs and creating jobs is part of what we like to call the east coast-west coast team. Congressman Paul Tonko, you and I are often here on the floor to talk about how we can grow the American economy in a bipartisan way. This infrastructure notion that Mr. Higgins has brought to us I think has considerable merit and fits, I think, very easily with what President Obama has recommended in his American Jobs Act, which was an immediate $50 billion enhancement of the $60 billion that we would otherwise spend, bringing the total to over $100 billion in the coming year. Again, enormous infrastructure. Mr. Tonko, I know you are up on this issue. We have spent time talking about it in the past. Why don't you share with us your thoughts.”