Ernest F. Hollings: “This has been a political flop, and it's our task to make it a political success.”

I disagree with the tack of your particular presentation here this morning.

with respect to the bill before us, it's entitled the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, and you call it 'the largest public transportation initiative,' in your testimony.

I know we're going to have the compact between the States.

You just red-line it and we are talking about getting jobs and helping manufacturing and we are going to appoint an Office of Manufacturing Services, and yet we are eliminating the services.