Michael Capuano actually said...

Does anybody here think that it is good to simply deny our obligations, to say, 'We don't really need this,' or, 'We don't have the courage ...

Whenever the Government reaches into my pocket--and I am a liberal, by the way, I don't mind this--that is a tax.

If we just did it straight up, either through a gas tax or a vehicle mile, or the 10 other proposals that are on the table, the long-term be...

Bottom line is we are here today to discuss an option because we haven't got the courage or the fortitude to do what we have to do, which is...