Well, I think in order to counter the strategy, there are a lot of things we need to do, but we also need to have accurate information.

If you base it upon the information that has been presented by the advocacy community, then we do have a rising problem.

I want to personally thank Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, Chairman Arlen Specter, and the other members of the Committee for the privilege of testifying on the scourge of violence directed against homeless…

I am for making progress in every area we can.

Well, let me thank you for your testimony. We hear statistics and it is important to understand that every one of those statistics is a person and a family.

We need to invest in a stronger transportation infrastructure.

I am for creative financing, for leveraging the best that we can particularly as it relates to the private sector.

My, I guess, major concern is that as you look at the historical way that we have financed transportation programs using a gasoline tax...

It may have worked in the past, but it will no longer work today or in the future because part of our energy policy must be to use less fossil fuels.

I understand the need to invest now, but I can tell you 5 years from now you are not going to be able to buy as much with the same dollars as today.

A critical part of U.S. energy policy will be in the area of increased energy conservation and energy efficiency.

The Highway Trust Fund and its revenue sources--namely the gas tax--have been a reliable mechanism for financing highway and transit programs for five decades.

I think some of us get concerned as to whether we are delaying fiscal reality as far as making sure the revenues are there to finance a 6-year program.

Well, and I am just going to underscore the point that the transportation funding proposals in the past have enjoyed broader support because it is called a user fee.

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I think we are well positioned to bring a bill out, thanks to your leadership.

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The truth is any law that can go 24 years before people come here and say it needs some updating passes a pretty high bar.

But don't you think we will be storing almost everything in third parties in the near future?

I am concerned about Government.

I expect that will change over time.

Well, I appreciate you dodging the question, and I understand--if there is a rationale, please let us know the rationale.

And that is not hampering you from getting timely information?