Jim Inhofe: “Now, let me say that as a conservative standing here, that is a huge number. I think that may have been the largest…”

“Now, let me say that as a conservative standing here, that is a huge number. I think that may have been the largest nondefense spending bill at the time up to that time. But it is interesting that if we spend all of that, it is not going to even maintain what we have today. That is why we put into the bill a committee to look into new ways of funding infrastructure, new ways of funding transportation. We have been doing it the same way since President Eisenhower, and it is time we tried something different. I think there is a resistance to continuing to increase taxes as the only way of funding our infrastructure.”