Roy Blunt actually said...

"I think developing tourism is extremely important. And I think something like a ninth of all the jobs in this country are one way or another dependent on tourism."

"You're also proposing that as you look at infrastructure, that we're making a greater effort to incorporate new technologies into that infrastructure?"

"Senator Klobuchar and I have been particularly involved in the travel and tourism issues, thinking that is often described as the low-hanging fruit in the economy."

"So anything that can be done to facilitate transportation will help the economy just in and of itself."