"But I think we need to make sure that what we do in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act is consistent with our overall responsibility to balance the Federal budget."
"I think our challenge, Madam Chair, is to craft the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, that you referred to as MAP, that will meet our investment needs in a fiscally responsible way."
"So yes, it is critically important that we make the right investments."
"Total current spending is well below what is needed to improve the condition of our national transportation infrastructure."
"Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic, at a cost of $78 billion a year to the economy."
"The funding we provided merely put a dent in the enormous backlog of transportation needs in this country."
"Our Nation's surface transportation system is in desperate need of repair while being stretched to its limits."
"Less than three-tenths of 1 percent of our GDP is being invested in our non-defense public structures and buildings."
"I just want to agree with our leaders on this committee about the importance of improving our relationship with the--with Russia."
"I must tell you, there is skepticism by my colleagues in Russia as to the sincerity of our reaching out, at this point."
"There are many concerns. A lot of them have been brought out. We have human rights concerns, from how they treat their journalists to the right dissent."
"I think it's a very valid point. And no one here will weaken our involvement in NATO."