Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, activity for activity, it is hard to find a thing the United States has done that is more effective than ARPA-E.

We ought to produce them and use some of the revenues to develop new alternatives and fund infrastructure.

President Eisenhower in the 1950s, launching the Interstate Highway System was one of the most important things that led to the prosperity of this country.

We are now at levels of Federal infrastructure spending that have not been seen since 1948 as a percentage of GDP.

when I first arrived to Congress I would go to the floor every day and my mantra for Congress would be jobs, jobs, jobs.

I believe that if we employ everyone in our country, then we would have a better country.

the combination of the leadership of the Congress in deregulating transportation and the funding mechanism that was put in place to build our transportation infrastructure was very important to the economic prosperity of this country.

the easiest, quickest, most effective way to solve the problem, is to put in a fuel tax to fund improvements.

I believe that after terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, our increased dependence on petroleum represents the biggest single threat to our nation's economy and national security.

you have been one of the Senate's most stalwart champions in finding real solutions to our energy security challenges.