Ray LaHood: “Transportation is vital to the health of our economy and the American way of life.”

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

We cannot afford not to do it.

I think that was a very, very good decision.

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.