Ray LaHood: “President Obama, as you know, is very strong in this area and has spoken out on it on a number of occasions.”

We cannot afford not to do it.

I do not see the increase in the gas tax as an impingement on middle-income people.

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

And that's frankly, why I -- when somebody asked me about Trump going to, you know, going there for a visit, it's a complete joke. They were the -- had the, you know, the worst safety record of any administration in the history of DOT.