Kit Bond

Well, unfortunately, it was a drop in the bucket--out of $787 billion.

Are there any dedicated sources of funding that you're looking at, outside of putting Acela-type trains on, that generate a profit?

We want to know how--I mean, are we wasting money on HOME. I thought that HOME was going to do that.

I am still waiting for real transparency in the current administration grant making process.

It is not worth the cost, but we love it because every time they build a wind power facility, we get to build a natural gas facility beside it for peaking power.

I hope where you find the requisite potential criminal intent, you refer them for criminal prosecution because some of this is shoddy, but in some instances, it is criminal.

I know that the idea of an infrastructure bank... has been kicked around Congress for a long time.

There has got to be pre-purchase counseling before somebody buys a home.

What an economic engine the interstate system has been for places all over America.

I don't think the Department of Transportation is in the business of determining the state of the communities.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you for holding the important hearing.

Have you got a number? How many billions will you experience in loss this year?

I know this: Americans want high-speed passenger rail.

It's a question of priorities.

I am not going to vote for it until I have that path laid out.

So what we want to do with Choice Neighborhoods is to say it has been so effective on public housing.

Refusing to deal with them, or putting off the tough choices, is not a responsible way to go about it.

We're up against the wall now.

In the Heartland, highways don't work unless you have a bridge across the river.

Well, it has to be less costly.

We need a lot of roads. And we are working on bridges.

That will be your----

I think most members, certainly over on the Senate side and, I would assume, on the House side, would like to know if there are 3, 10, 15, or 20 coming in from our State.

Good. That number needs to be publicized because that is the greatest prophylactic to let people know if they are going to do it.

And the other thing, I appreciate you mentioning my old friend, HOPE VI again.