06/08/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"Thirty-five percent of Vermont's 2,700 bridges are either 'structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.'"
"Today, the United States invests just 2.4 percent of GDP on infrastructure. Europe invests twice as much."
"If there ever was a time to start rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, now is the time."
"We are in the midst of this recession right now primarily, in my view, because of the greed and recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street."