John D. Porcari: “We can certainly, as Americans, accomplish anything we put our minds to.”

To be clear, Mr. Nadler, for both the Portal Bridge and the tunnel, those projects cannot go forward without a Federal commitment.

We need to, as I have mentioned before, level the playing field so that jurisdictions throughout the country can make the choices that make sense to them.

We wouldn't have an Interstate Highway System, we wouldn't have the aviation system that is the envy of the world if we didn't have trust funds with dedicated revenue sources.

But how, on the other hand, can you justify additional public money without constantly looking at the demand-supply equation that exists out there?