Well, there is no doubt about the importance of it. If you want to build good middle class jobs, a lot of those jobs are in the infrastructure. It may be a hardhat job out there putting up the steel and the concrete, the ironworkers or the…

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…

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…

Well, you had an opportunity to learn about the private sector and learn about the necessity of transportation; and I think your business was dependent on that, both to get the materials to your lumber mill and then to export.

Congresswoman Waters, thank you so very, very much for your leadership as cochair of the Alzheimer's task force here in Congress. Obviously, it is leading to some good pieces of legislation. Last year, when you introduced that legislation…

The local agencies--police, fire, as well as mayors and counties--are very, very concerned about their input into the current study being insufficient or, actually, ignored.

I share those concerns, and I would hope that the study that is underway would take into account local highways.

These are American taxpayer dollars. They ought to be spent on American jobs and American equipment made in America.

I want to thank you and congratulate you and urge you to continue to really re-do the new version of GROW AMERICA.

Mr. Higgins, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this dreaded disease for which there is no known cure and there is no way to diagnose it until it is present. You cannot get ahead of this illness, but there are ways we can make…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for joining us and for his commitment to this very serious issue. There are approximately 5.1 million Americans who have Alzheimer's today, and it is expected to substantially grow. As the baby boomers…

Let's do it. Yes, we can. Si, se puede. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your leadership on this. I know this is a personal issue for you with family having been impacted by it. I want to just take a few moments--and I know you are…