Ed Rendell: “The public never heard about those. And the whole earmark process poisoned the well for transportation funding.”

It is that the Federal Government is actually an anchor around our necks, and that even when there are no Federal dollars involved they are a burden.

The time to act is now.

I think one of the most important things this committee can do is start looking at some form of vehicle miles traveled tax.

The public... never heard about those. And the whole earmark process poisoned the well for transportation funding.