Elaine Chao: “The goal of the President's proposal is to stimulate at least $1.5 trillion in investment spending.”

No political pressure is going to take one of those projects, put it at the head of the line, ahead of all other projects, which is what is happening in this particular case.

There was never any Federal commitment. It was a verbal commitment, a verbal sentence given at a rally, a political rally no less.

The Department of Transportation must aggressively use all of its authority and resources to bring those numbers down.

It's also important to recognize that the way we build and deliver projects is as important as how much we invest.