"the measures are not being followed."
"I can't agree with you that what the President is proposing is more of the Bush era policy."
"we figure we can go from 14 years average delivery on a major transit project to maybe 3 under our proposal."
"I am proposing a very simple revenue issue and I gave it to Chief of Staff this morning."
"Well, 450 is trust funded or General Fund into transit. Of that, because of the way scoring and outlays work, we need to raise an additional $140 billion."
"I am a bit puzzled about the 18-month proposal."
"How is the State going to plan a two or three year major project if they are only guaranteed 18 months of funding?"
"They cannot commit themselves to something for which they cannot reasonably guarantee or foresee revenues."
"Yes, but the point is uncertainty. Okay, thank you. I don't think you have answered it."
"Right. Well, I am well aware of that, and that is why we are concerned about 18 months versus the predictability of six years and enhanced investment to begin chipping away at our infrastructure defic..."
"I guess I would like to know what are the offsets, when are we going to see the cost benefit analysis, when are we going to see the policy changes?"
"Okay. Well, so we are basically waiting, and you guys have some big plans, but we don't know about them, and it has got to be done basically by the end of July."