John Thune actually said...

"I think, kind of, all rules are off when that happens, and we do believe that, as long as there are general funds coming into the Highway Trust Fund, that there ought to be flexibility for expenditure..."

"We can greatly improve the efficiency of delivering our projects."

"this has always been a very emotional issue with, specifically, our friends in the highway area, and the truckers, to some degree."

"I think one of the practical problems we'll run into with the push to more fuel-efficient vehicles... is an ever-shrinking revenue source."