Anthony Foxx

I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time. ”

As we look at a future where we're going to have to double our freight capacity, how do you create a freight system that's integrated across the country when you have 50 different freight systems that are built one state at a time? ”

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s. ”

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up. ”

There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system. ”

Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable. ”

If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there. ”

Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else. ”

You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together. ”

Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy. ”