Pat Ryan actually said...

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

"On behalf of the membership of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, thank you for holding the hearing titled State of the Highway Trust Fund: Long-Term Solutions for Solvency."

"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"