John Hoeven actually said...

"The debt has already doubled over the previous 8 years. It is scheduled to double again, rising to more than 100 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States."

"Highway 85, as I indicated earlier, is a key lifeline, not just for this community, but, really, for the national effort to reduce our dependence on foreign energy."

"I argued strenuously for $200 billion of infrastructure."

"There is an economic cost to that."