I am one of the few people who is actually on record for supporting a modest, gradual increase in the Gas Tax.

I always like to say if something is worth having, it is worth paying for.

We believe in paying for things that are worth having.

Let us raise the Gas Tax a penny a month for 48 months.

So, we are, and this is where Rich and I really agree, we are sitting here not looking about creating more jobs, we are looking at the possibility of losing more jobs.

the deficit is a problem? Yes, it is. It is a big problem.

We would support that kind of a tax, too. We think that a user fee ought to be dedicated to transportation though.

I do not want to interrupt, but when I walked up here from the train station this morning I did see a pig fly overhead.

We should reauthorize this whole bill.

I am on the record in support of a gas tax increase to pay for those investments.

God bless Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson because when they proposed to the Deficit Commission, they actually said we will take part of the Voinovich-Carper idea.