John Mica actually said...

Now is the time to make that investment for alternatives to congested highways and to simultaneously create jobs.

I want to thank all of our witnesses before us today, and I look forward to your testimony about this important issue.

We are doing for the next generation what previous generations did for us, we have an obligation to do what other generations did.

We are not going to stop, we are not going to be dissuaded by our detractors.