Next year, we think we're about $10 billion short in the Trust Fund of meeting the requirements from the previous transportation bill.
We need about an $8 billion infusion to make it through the rest of the year.
The Trust Fund is running out of money, will run out of money, we estimate, in August.
If it was not done, that they believed there would be a global financial collapse.
we'd like to thank you, Senator Conrad, for your past support, and we ask that you continue to support our cause
the budget that I wrote that my colleagues have agreed to is designed to meet that need at that higher level
I believe it was absolutely essential to prevent a collapse.
We're asking for visionary leadership from you, Senator Conrad.
Highway 85 represents a critical lifeline for this energy development, and in that context, it is not just a regional issue or a State issue...
we've got to insist that the next highway bill be paid for, and there is that gap.
The energy development in this part of the State, particularly with the oil boom associated with the development of the Bakken Formation, is...