Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"When I think about a project, for example, of high-speed rail--why would the private sector invest in that?"

"How can we assure taxpayers that this doesn't just become another government entity, that we end up bailing out bad projects?"

"I am deeply concerned that over the past several years Congress has been unwilling to make tough choices about transportation funding."

"I believe that we do need to take up a reauthorization of the transportation bill and that we need to make some hard choices."