Jack Kingston: “I know I can leave my house in Savannah, Georgia, basically take maybe two or three roads to get to I-95 and 10 hours…”

“I know I can leave my house in Savannah, Georgia, basically take maybe two or three roads to get to I-95 and 10 hours later I am going to be in Miami, Florida; and if I go north on it, 10 hours later or depends on how fast you drive, of course, but I can be north of Washington, D.C., almost in New York City, can go up to Maine. Interstate highways started as national defense, moving our military for safety, lots of ideas, but behind the interstate highway system for national security, under President Eisenhower; but today, they have also been a huge boon to rural economies. Anywhere that there was an exit ramp, there is now a truck stop, a gas station, a convenience store, a fast food store, a retail outlet; and interstates have created tons of jobs in the United States of America.”