James Oberstar: “The cutbacks by, for example, City of Chicago and a few others, have been in their regular program, not in stimulus…”

I, too, have natural resources--national forests, national parks, wildlife refuges. When fire, as it does regularly, strikes the national forest, that land regenerates. The oil destroys. It likely cannot be restored by itself or by human…

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.

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.