Sam Graves

I think autonomous vehicles are going to increase VMT, because I am going to be so mesmerized by the technology, I am going to make it drive me in circles.

Look, I represent Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in addition to a number of other area in south Louisiana. And we have, I think, the last study I saw, I think the 14th worst traffic in the Nation.

There is just not enough money to go around.

It is fascinating for me to contemplate what our transportation system will look at just a few decades from now.

I believe that complex motor carrier safety regulatory issues warrant robust discussion in Congress with all stakeholders represented.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 181. ____________________

I thank the chairman for his work on putting together a long-term bill. Mr. Chairman, one of the priorities which was included in the manager's amendment is a program to invest in our small airports. As part of the increased investment in…

I proudly rise today to support the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. There are a lot of important policies in this bill that I worked on, but the main thing I am glad to see included is that we accomplished this bill as a long-term bill, a…

My worry is always when Congress gets involved and tries to legislate specific fixes all it does is end up creating problems, costing money, and it is very counterproductive.

the appropriations requests are in line with those of the previous administration.

I am not a big fan of the VMT because I think it unfairly punishes rural America, where I represent, versus urban America.

We have got to diversify.

The politics of raising the gas tax has paralyzed the Congress for a quarter of a century.

We have to have real money, plain and simple.

Solely raising the gas tax does not solve the long-term problem.

The Highway Trust Fund is going broke and we have to act to fix that.

I do not think they are a silver bullet. I do think that we can enhance them.

I firmly believe, as everybody has said on both sides of the aisle, this has to be a priority for our Nation and has to be a priority for Congress.

I think we need to start now thinking about how we get those into the program.

We need Presidential leadership, I agree with the chairman there. We need Presidential leadership.

The problem is the Speaker is ideologically opposed to Federal investment and increasing taxes in any form.

I think and hope that with this hearing, the reality is beginning to settle in that there is what appears to be an American majority for raising the gas tax.

I think I can speak for Mr. Hunter, Mr. Garamendi on this, I am not sure that Congresswoman Plaskett cares about icebreakers in the Virgin Islands maybe.

I have been very excited that we have had a President of the United States in his inaugural address utter the word 'infrastructure.'

The President, I think, is right, reducing that time.