Kent Conrad: “If we don't get disproportionate funding, there won't be a national network to serve the transportation needs of…”

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.