Ray LaHood: “If it doesn't have one earmark, that's not going to cause me any heartburn.”

the looming funding crisis that Senator Collins mentioned in our surface transportation programs.

It will move more goods more efficiently. It's going to create jobs for the economy up in Vermont, and it did increase speeds just a little bit.

We have seen these investments improve service. We have seen these investments improve on-time service to the point where now Amtrak is at an all-time ridership high.

The highest segment of unemployment in America today is in the building trades, people who build roads and bridges.