Let's not forget, this is not new economics. George Washington in his first month in office, and this is the first President, folks, his first month in office, turned to his Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, and said, develop an…

We know there is an immediate return on investment in infrastructure. Mark Zandi laid it out there. You invest $1 in infrastructure now, and you get back $1.57, and you have somebody working immediately. They become a taxpayer rather than…

Mr. Tonko, we were talking about this earlier before we came up here, and you may want to take up this issue. This is an issue of what an infrastructure investment needs to grow the economy.

Earlier in the session today, we paused in remembrance of those who were killed here in Washington, D.C., yesterday, yet another tragedy for this Nation, another shooting, senseless rage by some individual. We heard on the floor here a few…

Are we going to provide the money necessary to carry out the American policies with regard to the maritime industry?

These regulations seem to be stuck in a back eddy. What is going on?

Mr. Hunter, this is remarkable. We are actually, Democrats and Republicans, agreeing.

We need clarity of American policy and, frankly, we need the money to back it up.

We are going to do everything necessary, including legislation, to make it happen, to really build the American maritime industry.

Why haven't you been enforcing the laws about American cargo? What is going on here?

I was going to ask a similar question. For the record, I will submit the question to you.

This has been put off to be worked on in the future.