I want to thank the witnesses for their testimony today, the work that you do.

Let me guess. Stuck in OMB. Is that correct?

Our Nation is facing a very tough budget climate and the President's unrealistic request only makes things harder.

Well, we have two critical issues here that are kept secret from the Congress. Not a good thing to do.

I hope my colleagues will join me once again in rejecting the President's proposal and work with me on efforts to strengthen our merchant marine.

The issue of safety is of utmost importance.

Thank you so very much for joining us this evening. I want to bring up just one more issue, and then we will call it a night. America is blessed with a lot of energy. We have seen a resurgence of American energy here in the United States…

There is no doubt about it--you can ruin your car real fast. That 5-mile road was a county road, I assume, it was not your personal road?

Well, here it is, the San Francisco Bay Bridge built with Chinese steel. They built a brand-new, one of the most advanced steel mills, making one of the most advanced types of steel in China-- 3,000 Chinese jobs, zero American. Then the…

You were just singing my song there. This Bay Bridge, why was it $3.9 billion over? Because the steel was unsatisfactory. It was low quality, it had cracks in it, it didn't meet the requirements, they had to go back and redo the…

Whatever it took, you got it done. A couple of things that I think are also important as we go about this infrastructure, and that is: Who is going to provide the material? I want to give you an example of why it is important that we honor…

Mr. Nolan, I thank you so very much. The folks in the northern Minnesota area are blessed to have you return after a 32-year hiatus. You came back with a fire in your belly, and you are ready to go.