"I've joined with Senator Ron Wyden in introducing the Build American Bonds Act, which enjoys bipartisan support."
"But, if we just continue to raise the inherent cost of manufacturing in this society, all that's going to do is push this stuff more and more offshore, and provide fewer and fewer jobs in this country..."
"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 do believe that there needs to be reform."
"On that point, Ms. Richardson, have you ever, sort of, quantified or been able to figure out, when you talk about some of the inefficiencies and what that costs South Dakota agricultural shippers on a..."
"Well, we ought to get the rest of you guys in this discussion, right?"
"Well, let me just, in closing, say there's no question this is a hugely important issue to South Dakota."
"We, like AASHTO, support a different approach, under which not less than 90 percent of highway program funds would be distributed by formula to the states."
"But, some of the ideas under consideration, I think, would involve more dialogue between shippers and railroads."
"How about this $9.3-billion investment that has zero cost benefit?"
"If there's not real reform, I think it'll be a missed opportunity for the future of the highway system."