"It is unprecedented."
"I would like to recognize Representative Denham, who was responsible for leading and getting the FASTA across the finish line."
"But unfortunately, thus far we are making no progress. In fact, the President has proposed to take us backwards."
"There are three proposals totaling $560 billion of real investment. And all we have seen from the White House is privatization."
"Is that going to save you money if we cut all those routes? And will it have an impact beyond those--the heartland of America?"
"I have introduced three bipartisan bills. One would, shockingly, spend the taxes collected for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund on harbor maintenance."
"A lack of public funding is, by far, the most common factor hindering the completion of transportation and water infrastructure projects."
"I think a lot of people living in smaller cities throughout the heartland of America are going to be a little surprised to wake up one day, find out they have no air service, they have no train servic..."
"It would be pathetic for the Government of the United States of America to say, 'We cannot afford clean water.'"
"The Federal Government needs to be a good partner."
"The Federal Government is not being a good partner."