Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"solving this threatened impasse or crisis on the West Coast is necessary to America's near term and longer term competitiveness"

"It strikes me as an example of how possibly there are costs to lack of recognizing the importance of investment and smart policy."

"the ongoing failure to spend more than 2 percent of our GDP on infrastructure investment"

"My understanding is that both TIFIA and RRIF are under utilized. In fact, billions of dollars have been left on the table..."