"As Senator Bennett would say, I think Salt Lake City experienced a similar success in hosting the Olympics with their transit."
"So let me know when it is going to be."
"We find ourselves at a crossroads at this time of economic downturn--a crossroads at which we must choose a path that creates jobs and moves us to a cleaner, greener future."
"I am interested to know how we can increase the private sector's role in creating our transit future."
"I think it is particularly important when we talk about things like the deferred maintenance... an investment in our economy."
"I hope that we can produce a bill in this Committee that shows that our commitment to helping local transportation entities more adequately meet those needs is just as strong."
"It seems like the red tape and the regulatory aspects that get in the way of communities like ours getting these projects off the ground."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Mr. Chairman, thanks for holding the hearing. It is from this perspective truly a row of witnesses."
"I assume that your view is that there is Federal authority now to be able to intercede, either through the Treasury or the Fed, with the VRDO market in some way that may give hospitals, public hospita..."
"If our markets were lubricated and were doing what they were supposed to be doing, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about investing taxpayers' money."