How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars go farther, we get electric cars, and so on. And then we do more with the money than just build roads. We do bike lanes and mass transit.
He talked about putting out a framework for the next 20 years. Now the whole debate will be, what reforms can there be so that the money gets used efficiently, and then how do we pay for it?
The problem of local communities saying they're not getting money fast enough, that's an old issue.
If I was 20 years old, I would buy a boat and two or three permits ... but you?re talking about a lot of money and you don?t know if (the fishing) is going to be closed tomorrow. It?s a gamble.
I don't need a strong EPA. I don't need to fund a lot of money there.