James Inhofe actually said...

A strong Federal commitment is necessary to ensure the continuity and viability of our transportation infrastructure far into the future.

Assessment districts would be a vehicle by which you could exercise the local support for something.

But you have got to come up with it. And I just think we are going to have to deviate from our old 60-year-old behavioral patterns.

We need to keep asking ourselves what is the Federal role. This Nation's needs far exceed the available funding.