Steven C. LaTourette: “I think we need people on the ground with money to transform the communities.”

I have no problem saying to some of my wealthy friends, look, you got to be part of the solution.

I guess I am disappointed would be the word. Not in you, but this administration has joined the last administration in basically abdicating leadership in transportation.

Leadership, in my mind--and, again, this isn't directed at you; it is directed at the entire administration--leadership, in my mind, is having an opinion.

I give President Obama, you and your Department very high marks for finally treating the Great Lakes as an entire ecosystem.