"I urge the leadership of this Committee to craft a budget that replaces these mindless, across the board cuts with a responsible and balanced alternative."
"It's not the time to retreat and stop investing in American innovation. We need to maintain a competitive advantage now more than ever."
"spending money on meritorious infrastructure is not really an expense but an investment that pays returns."
"Thousands of potential jobs, no Federal dollars involved."
"my priority has always been jobs. And my name plate on my desk says jobs, jobs, jobs."
"I may disagree with you there, there are a few I might like to get rid of."
"Studies have been done--29,000 jobs, 21 percent annual return on investment to construct that road."
"I come from a background of local government, county commissioner, and recognized early on that if our county was going to attract jobs, that we had to be competitive."
"We have got two major infrastructure projects in my district."