I would suggest that we--members of the Committee--and you, identify the various groups that have a stake in this.

I think that it would be good for your organization to begin with saying that we need more money.

The average annual investment level necessary to just maintain the current condition and performance of highways and bridges would be $77.1 billion.

I am pleased that the report emphasizes environmental stewardship and recommends more State flexibility on funding efforts to improve our air quality.

I thought the total funding levels were well below what was appropriate and necessary for the nation's infrastructure needs.

I believe that it's the government's role to provide funding for our nation's infrastructure so our businesses can compete in this global marketplace.

I think our failure to invest in the improvements necessary to keep pace with our growing population and increasing demands is one of the roadblocks standing in the way of moving our economy forward.

We need to really emphasize how important it is that we develop the infrastructure of competitiveness, so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy the same quality of life and standard of living that we have.

Investing in our Nation's transportation could create hundreds of thousands of jobs and move our sluggish economy down the road to recovery.

I'm just telling you, unless we can get somebody over there that's going to work on this, as I mentioned, from early in the morning till late at night, this is not going to be done, and five years from now some Senator will be talking to…

I have gone along with the president on this, and I bought into his dream. And I -- at this stage of the game, I don't think it's going to happen.

I think he's a Hitler type of person. He has made it clear that he wants to destroy Israel. He's made it clear he doesn't believe in the holocaust.