This is an interesting chart that I came across a while ago. It talks about income growth, the issue you were just talking about: How does an individual rise and climb the economic ladder and what kind of success do they have? This is the…

I did wear a helmet, and I don't recall any concussions. The bottom 90 percent of our population has seen an income growth-- this is adjusted for inflation--of $59 over this period, 1966 to 2011. That's some 55 years. Basically, 90 percent…

A combined sewer system. That's the stormwater that flows into the sewer, and it's not disconnected from the sanitation-- toilets and the like; is that correct?

The President wanted to do two things in this area: one, the normal programs--the surface transportation program, the water resources bill, which we're going to be working on--but he also wanted to add on top of that $50 billion of…

We have the responsibility and we have foregone that responsibility by eliminating our ability to direct projects.

Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much. Your passion on this has been displayed on this floor numerous times as we talked about making it in America, about jobs and infrastructure. As you were going through that recitation of American history…

If you could pop that out it would be very helpful and we can get that project underway this summer.

Tonight we want to talk about jobs in America, we want to talk about how we can rebuild the great American manufacturing sector, and we also want to spend some time talking about a very special part of the American economy, and that is the…

Mr. Tonko, you have come to a very important point here, and that is: Before you came to Congress, you headed up a consortium in New York that did precisely that, didn't you?

I think we ought to take a very close look at that.

I don't think that is responsible for us to do such a thing but we did it.

Thank you very much for joining us. Mr. Tonko, education, innovation, infrastructure--those are keys. There are a couple of other keys, as Mr. Hoyer was saying. Part of it is our tax policy, the policies that come out of this building. And…