"We're strong supporters of the Build America Bonds program, a $50-billion increase in transportation funding across the country."
"If South Dakota didn't have rail, South Dakota industries wouldn't be competitive in grain production."
"We can greatly improve the efficiency of delivering our projects."
"Now, what makes us competitive is getting our product to market, but the manufacture of the imports is all going over overseas."
"no industry is more dependent on a good, viable transportation infrastructure than agriculture."
"Thank you, Senator Thune."
"We believe that the highway program is vitally important."
"the next highway bill, my guess is, is going to be, as is usually the case, a huge fight between large states and small states, donor states and donee states."
"But, you know, the basic model of railroads in this country today is very different than the highway model, which is a very publicly driven model."
"No industry is more dependent on a good viable transportation infrastructure than agriculture."
"The FRA does need to grant the short-lines' waiver request for small Class II and Class III railroads without further delay."