Ed Rendell: “You build it and the people are going to come.”

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

We can't be an exceptional country without a first-class infrastructure. And let the record show we don't have one anymore.

It is not just that the Federal Government is not participating in helping us to progress, it is that the Federal Government is actually an anchor around our necks.

You insulate the infrastructure bank from political pressure, like the BRAC Commission, which by and large works pretty well.