Pat Ryan actually said...

"Thank you for holding this hearing on the 'State of the Highway Trust Fund: Long-term Solutions for Solvency.'"

"The Highway Trust Fund is yet again going broke. This problem has been building for years."

"Congress must soon begin to secure the financial health of the main funding mechanism for the nation's highway and transit systems."

"I agree that spending on infrastructure is not spending, per se, it is an investment"