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Im talking about the maintenance of the entire infrastructure system that made this country great in the last century. Beauty rating and aging infrastructure impacts our on families, communities, the entire country. As was noted, for example, more than 40 of our urban highways are congested. That means americans waste almost two billions gallons of gas a year and a folks spent more than 7 billion on gas idling while in traffic. The point is that indirectly we are spending this money and were not getting anything for it. Highway trust fund is essential for maintaining and improving our infrastructure system. Poor infrastructure to quality of life and also hurts our economy. We also know that investing in the building and maintaining of our infrastructure create jobs for every american, both directly and indirectly. Not just jobs for construction crews and manufactures, or even engineers, but jobs for everyone. At asce we have conducted a series of economic studies and found that iterati ....
And then in their conclusion, they say that the u. S. Has been under investing in our Transportation Systems far too long. The impact is being felt in every state and town. With the interstate system beyond capacity and design life, this underinvestment is costing u. S. Businesses and individuals time and money. I think this is very important, so well put those in the record and get started with you, doctor. We are just about finished with those, but go right ahead. A little bit busy on the floor this morning, so i apologize. This is wha when i really do wao give my Opening Statement in. We have an area where senator boxer and i agree closely. I want to make sure Everybody Knows it. And so i do thank you, and the panelists, for taking time to be here as well. Its no secret im one of the strongest advocates of ....