"the current highway bill expires at the end of this Fiscal Year, which is September 30."
"I'd like to see the processes streamlined so that you can deliver projects more efficiently."
"Without rail access, the expense to raise a crop would increase significantly."
"For agriculture to remain competitive, balance must be brought into the game."
"I want to thank you for your brilliant leadership in negotiating this legislation."
"if such climate legislation is to pass, it should not result in a rural state, like South Dakota, being required to take impractical steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions"
"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."
"this has always been a very emotional issue with, specifically, our friends in the highway area, and the truckers, to some degree."
"The next Federal highway bill must ensure adequate investment in rural highways."
"Thank you, Larry, very much."
"We, like AASHTO, support keeping the ratio between the highway and transit programs at 4-1."