"Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic, at a cost of $78 billion a year to the economy."
"I think most of us believe these tools are extremely important, and we want to make sure that you have the tools that you need."
"Let me thank you, Director Mueller, for your service and thank you for being here today."
"There are three major provisions that will sunset during 2009 that will need to be taken up by Congress."
"I think these are important points and need to be part of the policies that we look forward to in our next effort on reauthorization."
"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."
"Total current spending is well below what is needed to improve the condition of our national transportation infrastructure."
"Let's take a look at the overall problems that we have in America in dealing with quality of life and our commitment to our environment."
"So yes, it is critically important that we make the right investments."
"It has been estimated that we spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic."
"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."