"I do hope that we will continue to make the case that our current transportation funding sources at the Federal or the State level are basically bankrupt."
"I recognize the constraints you are under, but we have to continue making the case that there needs to be additional funding."
"I was a big advocate for, thinking it was a great first step and a great way to have a beta test of a new, fairly unrestricted pot of money"
"I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman, and let me, first of all, welcome the whole panel and say congratulations on your nominations and hopefully your speedy approvals."
"I want to introduce and lend my support to Mr. Peter Appel, of Alexandria, Virginia, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Adminis..."
"With Peter's background in technology, rigorous analysis, and innovative problem solving, we look forward to a similar approach which will help our Nation reestablish a sound and effective transportat..."
"Coming from Virginia, which faces some of the most significant transportation challenges in the nation, I understand the critical need to bring our Nation's best thinking to address transportation iss..."
"I have dealt with State-level transportation challenges, and one of the most frustrating things at a State level is the silo nature of our transportation funding."
"Amen to what you said, but I would hope that those jump-ball dollars that the Department is going to allocate soon, that you look at how the criteria will be established."
"What I have believed for some time is that--and this case I think reflects this--as we move toward getting better data..."
"My understanding, at least, is that while you have some amount of established protocols within certain specialties, that the evolution of or the growth of evidence-based medicine across a variety of s..."
"I would like to hear out those arguments because it does seem to me that from at least a broader-based societal standpoint, the outside risk and the downside risk that we as a society, in effect, have..."