We have a town that is about to be flooded on the west end of the lake, the little town of Minnewaukan.

This Senator is going to continue to fight for adequate infrastructure financing for all the modes of transportation.

I just really want to urge you to continue aggressively on the transit funding.

But that is 19th century tax policy and energy policy at a time when we need to focus on the 21st.

The American people expect fact-based budgeting that produces more energy, not locking it up.

Just because you call something an investment does not make it so, certainly not a good investment.

Transit saves us highways and highway maintenance dollars and allows us to have a way that we can bring our communities together.

I want to thank you for your support and the President's support of an idea I put out last year to take up to $7,500 tax credit for consumers to buy these new vehicles.

The actions of this administration are making things worse.

Right now we are in the midst of a growing fiscal crisis, and it is crucially important that we have an honest conversation about the challenges we face.

The plain fact is the budget doubles our gross national debt, never once produces an annual deficit of less than $600 billion in its 10 years.