We have a really awful infrastructure problem in this Country, and you have heard the other Senators talk about other countries.

Then what you tell them is, I am sorry, folks, we are not going to be able to do the job that needs to be done in our Country.

A gas tax increase on the Federal level would help, but it is not in and of itself the long-term answer.

if the Governors got together... you could have a major, major impact on what we are doing.

They have had an application pending in your Department since last year.

I want to publicly thank you for your leadership in getting our staffs together to begin to try to make sure that we get this transportation bill done on time.

I think it is important that we decide what the number is, what we are capable of doing, so that there is a consensus there.

It is going to take a gas tax increase and it is going to take public-private partnerships and it is going to take a whole lot of other stuff to get the job done.

One of the things that we try to concentrate on during the last number of years is human capital.

If I were somebody out there today, I would invest in solar and wind power because of the subsidies that are coming out of the Federal Government in that regard.

I think it is real important that people understand that we are pretty sincere about what we are doing.