Peter DeFazio actually said...

"I want to reinforce that. And this clock will recognize, on a daily basis, the cost of congestion to the American economy."

"The status quo has been, we are frozen in amber. We are refusing to invest in our infrastructure."

"Let's index the gas tax--radical proposal. We can index it to construction cost, inflation, fleet fuel economy."

"I hope that we can join and make common cause in these areas, because we do need to rebuild our country."