Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware.

The congestion is very costly to our economy; it is costly to our public health.

We have not kept up with the need.

The Democratic leader in the Senate has called for an emergency caucus meeting to discuss the issues leading up to the dismissal of James Comey as our FBI Director and to discuss how we might move quickly to ensuring that a special…

To some extent, the increase in the percentage of highway projects receiving CATEX treatment results from the increasing emphasis given to preservation type projects within State DOJ budgets.

I think we are spending about--I want to say, roughly $56 billion a year out of Federal dollars for roads, highways, bridges projects.

Just use some common sense.

I urge my colleagues to work with me in a bipartisan way to find these solutions.

That would mean that the gas tax, what is it, 18 cents, is worth about less than a dime.

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

For someone who is not the expert on this, AGC did great.

If you were giving us some advice as to how to raise some money for roads, highways, bridges projects as we look forward to filling--it is not the cupboard is bare, but there is a lot more demand, as you know, than there is money to meet…

We need some revenue.

there is probably nobody in the Senate I admire more than the Senator from Wyoming, except maybe his colleague, Mike Enzi, who is also from Wyoming. I come to the floor not to talk about these issues but to talk about others. I feel…

the Congressional Budget Office would suggest that it is going to make the deficit a lot bigger by, maybe, trillions of dollars.

I do not think they have done it yet, but I understand the Administration is going to put out a tax proposal--tax reform proposal today.

Just use some common sense.

I am pleased to be able to serve with the Presiding Officer on the Committee on Homeland Security. Part of our responsibilities on homeland security is to make sure, to the extent that we can, that our borders are secure. We do that in a…

We believe, for every extra dollar that we would be provided in resources, we could pay back $4.

I never understood why we are so intent on reducing the amount of resources we provide to the IRS to do their job.

We need to get this done. This is crazy.

So down $900 million compared to how many years ago?

You have been asking, the IRS has been asking for years, to make sure that the folks who are actually helping folks prepare tax returns are qualified and competent to do that.

I think that the IRS is doing, in a number of respects, in spite of all the hacks and the attacks, the cyberattacks, I think you are doing a better job.

For every dollar that we invest in the IRS, not only do we get better service for taxpayers as they prepare their taxes, but we also find that for every dollar we invest, we increase revenues by at least $4, maybe more.