06/06/2012
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"We are just not spending the money; we are not investing the money."
"By 2020 the total volume of cargo shipped by water is expected to more than double by what it was just 17 years ago in 2001."
"the state of our crumbling infrastructure with a grade of D, and we are talking about the kind of situation we face here with our ports, our rivers, and so forth, it is just as bad with respect to roa..."
"Thanks to all of our witnesses for taking time to share with us. This is a really important issue, and encouragingly, an issue that we might actually be able to work on together and get something done..."