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We must invest in our nation's transportation infrastructure.

— Dan Lipinski

Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of…

— Tyler Cowen

The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas tax being…

— Ray LaHood

The president has immense powers, but he cannot spend money unless we, the people's representatives in Congress, have agreed that he can.

— Tom Malinowski

I believe we should take steps to ensure that travel is not only cost effective, but also in line with what the public expects…

— Ted Wheeler

Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional…

— Anonymous

I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the…

— David Neeleman

Presidents must be willing to fight for American jobs and should set a central goal of federal policy of creating an environment that rewards…

— Brian Deese

People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.

— William J. Clinton

Under the rule of the "free market" ideology, we have gone through two decades of an energy crisis without an effective energy policy. Because…

— Wendell Berry

In general, presidents and congressmen have very limited power to do good for the economy and awesome power to do bad. The best good…

— Walter E. Williams