Jim Cooper actually said...

It is just one of those inevitable things.

I am almost wondering if it is budgeting malpractice in Congress if for any new project we do not set aside funding for future maintenance.

What is the cost and safety risk of deferring problems and maintenance, and what are you doing to incentivize addressing and funding routine...

To put this in a more understandable context for average citizens, we had a Treasury Secretary once who said that nobody in the history of t...