I would like to thank the witnesses for being there today and for your hard work and leadership on highlighting the need for increased investment in our aging transportation infrastructure.

I wish that the day you came here and testified that we were recording what you had to say, because it was--some of the people behind you I thought got a little uncomfortable.

I still shake my head at the inadequacy of this budget--it has been that way for almost ever--and a backlog of $60 billion for unfunded Corps projects.

People in Utah are very concerned about Quagga mussels and the impact that they will have as an invasive species in Lake Powell and other places.

The fact is that they recommended some $200 million a year to handle it, and the budget has always been about $100 million.

The budget has always been about $100 million. So, it's half of what's needed to get the job done.

Operation Streamline is a program where illegal immigrants are prosecuted and face jail time for crossing the border.

You are going to have to do a big job--

There is a lot of feeling in the country that we are going to have to rely upon the Russians to get up to the International Space Station.

Our debt is out of control. It is not sustainable.

I would say my leading concern is that the bill superimposes fairly strict emissions reductions over a short timeframe.