Paul Tonko: “I believe we probably have about 5 minutes now. I think we go to about 7 minutes after. Look, I think what you point…”

“I believe we probably have about 5 minutes now. I think we go to about 7 minutes after. Look, I think what you point to--the gentleman from California is absolutely right on. It is a ripple effect. It is not just the rail tracks that are developed, the railways that are developed. It is not just the highways and bridges. It is incorporating rail cars. Now, here is a ripple effect. As we have grown the efficiency of the system, now we are building, manufacturing rail cars, putting people to work, alternatively-fueled vehicles that can enable us to continue in that effort to reduce carbon emission and methane emission, making certain that, again, we go through this whole process, coming out more environmentally sound. So, yes, today's vote was a big disappointment, in terms of what we could have accomplished. It was that short term, get out of this immediate challenge, and let's go forward. There is not that vision. There is not that full indepth plan that is required of us, and certainly, we fell short--far short of the mark that should have brought us across the finish line and enabled us to say, hey, we scored really well here, we put together a sound package. This is about putting a strategy together that enables us to advance all of these cutting-edge technologies that enable us to strengthen the manufacturing base of America where these ripple effects reach us into our communities.…”