"a big reason for that----was because we had an incredible port that we made investments in, that we realized, with the changes coming in the Panama Canal, was going to be an asset not just for Virginia but for much of the East Coast."
"we have to have infrastructure that is competitive with the rest of the world"
"this would only be something that would have first-dollar private capital loss. So any backstop would be far down the line."
"Sri is exceptionally well qualified to carry out the duties and responsibilities of a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals."
"I agree, it is not an either/or. You need a stable revenue source."
"something like that would certainly help provide another opportunity to advance the infrastructure that is woefully needed"
"we have to protect taxpayer investment when we need this infrastructure investment, if we want to avoid future Solyndras"
"You may have heard at some point the description of Virginia being known as the best-managed state and the best state for business."
"the proposal the President has put out... could generate in the neighborhood of $300 billion to $500 billion worth of infrastructure investment."
"I think many of us point to the success of TIFIA as one of our transportation programs, which, by the way, is a record with no loss of governmental funds."
"the ability to get 25- to 40-year financing that would be part of an infrastructure bank is, I think, terribly important."