Elaine Chao: “About a quarter of our Nation's bridges are deemed structurally deficient.”

We probably will not have enough skilled trades workers to be able to address all the infrastructure needs when it finally gets all going . . . So, the workforce training and retraining part is important.

Our nation's infrastructure is the backbone of our world class economy, the most productive, flexible, and dynamic in the world.

The President, yes, the President is concerned about the viability of this project, and the fact that New York and New Jersey have no skin in the game.

I do not think that the Government should be the one deciding what technologies to use; and right now, it is not yet set which technology is best.