Cory Booker

This has been an area of a lot of bipartisan activity, where we've been able to get a lot done

But the sad truth is--it's not nearly enough.

It's a critical artery--in our country, in perhaps the most economically productive region of our Nation, but yet we're having real issues along the Northeast Corridor with congestion, with failures and delays.

We need to do more to fix America's crumbling infrastructure.

The lack of investment threatens our global competitiveness and impairs the safety of our vital transportation systems.

Stable funding--reliable, stable funding, when it comes to budgeting, when it comes to capital--it's very critical, if you're trying to manage something, to have a stable funding source, correct?

There are a lot of urgencies, in my opinion, in creating a robust vision for freight and passenger rail

Americans have some of the longest commute times.

It's also costing hardworking Americans thousands of dollars a year.

Tax reform, infrastructure investment. I really like you, Mr. Kass.

We haven't created an environment that is best for that.

We should be the innovation capital of the globe. I'm a competitive guy. I want us to be number one.

There is a lot going on in Washington today, some of it laced with lots of partisanship, but this hearing right now with my partner on a lot of things, more than I could've imagined, the Chairwoman and I have found a lot of things to work…

We've fallen from number one for graduating engineers, math majors. Now we are out of the top 10.

The role of government--our most rudimentary tool is that we can say no.

I am extraordinarily excited about this panel because you all are on the cutting edge of what is a whole new world.

Now we are in an entirely different era, things that I couldn't have even imagined when I saw my father bring home the first VCR I had ever seen and plug it in in my house.

I appreciate that. That is what the White House is finding out with their innovation team.

The goal of the Internet of Things is to create an environment where physical objects--such as parking meters, cars, and street lights--can talk to each other.

It was a great Republican President named Eisenhower who understood, to help the private sector flourish, there has to be creative public-private partnerships.

We have a ridiculously bad tax environment to incentivize companies here.

The Internet of Things is so important to me--because these technologies can help cities deliver everyday services more efficiently.

I just want to finish up on the question I was in before about what other countries are doing that is better than the United States, what we can be learning so we can, again, continue to be the global exporter of innovation on the planet…

If CVE becomes just more police, more surveillance, and more of that, it is not going to really help us deal with the core of the problem.

We are looking at specific efforts that have been going on to activate lone wolves in the United States as well as cells in Belgium and France.