Peter DeFazio

I just had an example last week in my office where there's a critical rail project in my district...

I commend the Secretary for making this an issue. Certainly more people are talking about it because of your leadership, because of the work of your department.

I believe that the companion is Mrs. McCarthy's bill that she spoke about this morning.

I think it is important that aside from all of the votes that we take here in Congress and the legislation we could push, probably one of the most powerful things that we each have is our respective bully pulpits.

It seems to me that would be a useful educational tool.

What makes a nationwide ban so important is the fact that distracted driving is a practice that is not isolated within particular States.

H.R. 3535, the Alert Drivers Act, which I was proud to introduce with my colleague, Nita Lowey, I believe represents a strong first step toward combating preventable roadway accidents.

I certainly am willing to work with the Committee and Secretary LaHood to come to a solution down the road.

We are going the wrong way here.

Well, we agree on the last point, a long-term; and I mean a six-year bill is what I would say is a long term.

We feel a tremendous sense of urgency.

The citizens who helped craft this bill and those who have worked to protect Utah's Red Rock Country for more than 25 years are deeply grateful for your vision and steadfast commitment to these magnificent wild lands.

The Forest Service has proposed, there is a road that bisects the wilderness, to close it, Road 4100.

I have also forwarded to the Secretary, and it may come to your office, a draft of legislation I propose to change the management on these lands and on the Forest Service lands

There is sort of a common myth out there that if something is a wilderness we won't fight fire.

It was a big lie put forward by the Bush administration.

So $1 per hour. That means I fly weekly to the West coast, 4-1/2, 5-hour flight... to get there alive?

What if we raise the minimums? Now, wouldn't that resolve at least some of these issues?

I call it exploitation by a profit making entity.

Frankly, we must also hold these entities accountable for the results of their efforts, and under the leadership of President Obama, we have a once in a lifetime chance to enact legislation that can finally set us on the path to restoring…

A cap-and-trade system is prone to market manipulation and speculation without any guarantee of meaningful greenhouse gas emission reductions. A cap-and-trade has been operating in Europe for 3 years and is largely a failure.

I have immense respect for the President and Secretary of Transportation, but we elected this President on a platform of change.

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 think it would be a better investment than the 20 bucks a week that only those who still have jobs are getting.