James Oberstar: “And I would reiterate what Chairman Oberstar said, to please pick up the telephone or walk across the Capitol to the…”

Using a National Infrastructure Bank to finance a large part of our infrastructure needs means we will be able to target Federal spending more efficiently.

The efforts of Federal agencies can overlap and at times conflict, and currently, there is no body within the Executive branch to provide substantive coordination or, if necessary, resolution of disagreements among agencies to ensure…

But we all also recognize that the potential cost of meeting these needs is immense.

We want to protect our waters. We want to protect our wetlands. We want to provide for future generations.