I think it is very, very important to underscore that it was almost immediately after we passed the tax reform that we had the best economy of my lifetime.

Should the local jurisdictions and States where these systems reside have any responsibility to pay for these systems? Evidently not, according to my colleagues.

To add insult to injury, we sent these billions to transit agencies without requiring them to implement any reforms.

The financial woes of many big-city transit agencies pre-date COVID and are tied to chronic financial mismanagement.

Should the local jurisdictions and the States in which they operate, should they have any responsibility at all to contribute to the costs of these systems?

I think we can both agree that transparency is a good thing--particularly when it involves trillions of taxpayer dollars.

I think if we are willing to cover 100 percent of the costs of the transit systems, that is great.

There is a real lack of accountability when there are subsidies, and especially the further removed the subsidies are from the system.

Last month, our Democratic colleagues broke from the bipartisan approach we had maintained in dealing with this crisis.

Last month, Democrats broke from that spirit of cooperation to ram through a wasteful, partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill.

I think should come together and responsibly reauthorize the FAST Act and in the process reduce wasteful, outdated, and duplicative spending.

It is staggering how much we have just spent.