"Is that acceptable to this Administration, 18 months with no change in policy? Is that acceptable?"
"this delay here and this business as usual is really unfortunate. I am very disappointed in the Administration's position"
"I applaud you and your Committee here for trying to put America back to work."
"But if we do an 18-month with no policy changes, it is going to kind of grind to a halt, right?"
"I would just say to the Administration: I don't get it."
"I fully support you in your urgency to pass something, and we should do so, assert our authority as the United States Congress."
"I think it would be a better investment than the 20 bucks a week that only those who still have jobs are getting."
"I strongly support, vehemently support passing the surface transportation bill."
"I proposed the idea of bonding by putting a construction cost inflation on the gas tax and delaying that until such a time as the economy recovers."
"I have immense respect for the President and Secretary of Transportation, but we elected this President on a platform of change."
"We just had a law change regarding the Recovery Act signed by the President yesterday that may serve to retain even more jobs."
"So it doesn't sound like we have a red tape problem here."