02/24/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"The President, as candidate, said that he wanted a trillion dollar infrastructure program."
"Climate change is undermining existing infrastructure in our cities already."
"As experts in such infrastructure deployment, we stand ready to engage with the Committee to design mechanisms to maximize this investment for all Americans."
"A bunch of us in the Senate took him at his word, and a month ago introduced a trillion dollar infrastructure bill."