Today, the Environmental Working Group launched their Worth It campaign, highlighting the invaluable role that small and midsized farmers play in protecting our environment, contributing to our economy, and strengthening our core values. I…

I am, at some point, hopeful that we can wipe the slate clean and move forward with you.

I think this is something that we need to continue pushing forward on.

I have been on a crusade for the last five years to have the Federal Government pay physicians or other medical professionals to talk to patients that face end-of-life situations.

There's an amazing collection of young people from around the country that are gathering in our Nation's Capital this weekend. They are part of the annual competition on the United States Constitution. It is my pleasure to visit with my…

Today's vote may be the first of many to undo the painful and unfair impact of sequestration on our food safety system, housing services, public schools, Head Start programs, our transportation programs, and a host of other vital…

But it just seems to me that one of the things that ought to be examined, if you are going to be subsidizing second homes, for instance, with a mortgage interest deduction, at a minimum, the reduction for people that are in extreme--and it…

I think it is important to drive that home when there is so much in flux.

Thank you very much, Mr. Huffman. I appreciate your courtesy.

I think there is, in fact, a national priority surrounding things like safe cycling, safe pedestrian activity, and having transit available to people.

We need a transportation system that speaks to them.

I would hope that you could share with us any research you have that indicates that local governments are going to be interested in making substantial investments to facilitate freight movements for the nation.

I appreciate your referencing that. Indeed, as we get out of the metropolitan areas, mobility for the disabled, for elderly people, for young becomes even more critical.

During the L.A. transit strike in 2003, congestion increased 89 percent. It has a huge impact, not just in communities like L.A., and Chicago, and New York, but in Oklahoma City, Salt Lake

One of the most important trends in America is that people are driving less per capita.

Americans are interested in more choices.

We have not been investing enough. The Highway Trust Fund is not going bankrupt, but it moves into a negative balance.

You may not think State Routes to School is a high national priority. I invite you to come with me in North Carolina, in Nevada, in Iowa.

The federal government has largely failed to maintain a system of aviation facilities, the electrical grid, sewer and water systems, and interstate highways that once was the envy of the world.

We need more federal resources.

We need a national system that speaks to the transportation challenges of today.

What happens in terms of our looking at the connections in terms of intermodalism.

we need to transition from per gallon taxes to per mile charges, as Congressman Blumenauer rightly said

Ronald Reagan established the Highway Trust Fund portion that dealt with transit.

The majority witnesses focus time their time and energy arguing for devolution--the concept that we don't need a strong federal presence and support in infrastructure development.