John D. Porcari: “Again, what the sequester is in a part of a fiscal year, because three-quarters of our Department is exempt from it, is…”

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

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

We can certainly, as Americans, accomplish anything we put our minds to.

There are real consequences for doing this. So we will continue to press for the appropriate avenues for resolution.