Susan Collins actually said...

"I'm committed to helping you. I'll have our rail administrator in Maine, whenever we can get all the stakeholders together, and we will work with you on a plan to get this funded."

"It's an economic climate where we need to invest our scarce resources in areas, like infrastructure, that will not only build roads and bridges, but help rebuild our economy."

"As many of the Recovery Act funds are now spent, the transportation industry faces difficult times ahead if we do not act to make the necessary investments in our transportation infrastructure."

"We need a clear-cut, coherent, and detailed blueprint, detailing how taxpayer dollars will be spent to reach our transportation infrastructure goals."