"I hope we can all agree that, so far, EPA's fact-finding efforts regarding hydrofracking waste water disposal can hardly be seen as caustic to business or job creation."
"Determining whether or not hydraulic fracturing waste water disposal has any potential negative impacts on public health or the environment should not be a cause for alarm."
"we want to see a greater proportion, if not all, of the revenue that comes into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund expended for the purposes for which it is assessed"
"we have to write an energy and water appropriations bill that spends the money"
"we can have every hearing we want...but it does not get us to the Promised Land"
"This is a truly wild area... it does merit special designation as a wilderness."
"You know, for a number of years many have touted an infrastructure bank as the solution to our massive infrastructure deficit in this country. It isn't."
"If the President really believes in the national infrastructure bank concept, he should tell the Secretary to fully fund TIFIA out of the TIGER III program."
"I am also against the President's proposed American infrastructure financing authority. This is not because of any objection to an infrastructure bank."
"So, we are talking about a very unique moment in our history, when we have many billion-dollar-plus jobs that are ready to go if we can right-size TIFIA."
"But you do raise one issue I have a concern about, which is springing liens."
"I really advocate removing the springing lien requirement."