Steven C. LaTourette: “My difficulty, however, is that your leadership in both Houses completely abdicated their responsibility to govern this…”

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 was struck by the $7 million and 6,800 jobs, and you know, one of the satisfactions is the correlation of the dollars spent and jobs created.

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.

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