That is the kind of innovative thinking we need to be doing with transit districts.

We need to think outside the box.

America's transportation systems are the lifeblood of our economy.

We need to think about an infrastructure bank.

You need that transportation.

I am open to this idea. If we provide money to buy all these buses and you don't have people to drive them or run the organizations, it is counterproductive.

I mean, they are hurting. They can ill afford to pay the drivers of their buses and to keep the doors open.

The President has appointed about as good an FAA administrator as we can have to get to NextGen.

We are not going to become a national zoning department.

We must think creatively as we search for sustainable funding mechanisms.

I think there is a commitment from the White House that we have to get to NextGen.

Transportation is vital to the health of our economy and the American way of life.

There simply is not enough money in the Highway Trust Fund to do what we need to do.

This is a big, big priority for us.

We are not going to raise the gasoline tax. I will say that emphatically. We can't.

I think we have to be fair to the men and women who serve us as air traffic controllers.

We don't want them down and out for the count.

That is a big, serious issue that you have to resolve, and I will be glad to sit down at anytime and get that behind us.

I have no problem with the provisions for compulsory arbitration.

It is absolutely incomprehensible that we haven't had an FAA reauthorization since, what, September of 2007.

It is difficult, if not impossible, when you don't have one or you have one acting who is being held hostage for political reasons, which is totally unacceptable.

That is totally unacceptable.

President Obama is committed to ensuring that the Administration's transportation policy furthers his goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote livable communities, and so am I.

We want less bureaucracy and less red tape, and we want to put people to work.

These four areas--economic health, sustainability, a focus on people and communities, and safety--will be major priorities for me if I am confirmed.