Gary Hoffman Quotations

We got to this situation not overnight. We're not going to turn it around overnight.

Of all the needs we face, none is greater than our bridges. You can have a road failure; that's not catastrophic. A bridge failure is.

If they love Electric Earth and what we've done there, they are going to love this place even more.

Given the outcry here tonight, we have to step back and consider what we're doing here. Maybe there's a Plan C out there.

Our bridges are going to be a test bed for the rest of the nation.

The analysis we've done -- the rigorous structural analysis based on the last inspection report -- indicates that this bridge should not have fallen down on its own accord without something else happening to it.

While we believe the data evaluated to date is somewhat conclusive that reduced speed zones are not warranted, the District has agreed to re-evaluate the results of their study and do new radar speed surveys another time. They are also checking the State's Crash Records Systems for reportable crash data.

Do we have other bridges like this in this area? Yes. We know this is a critical situation. This is a dramatic situation. We don't want this to happen again.

The Snow Box Derby is a wonderful valley-wide event. The North/South Challenge is a fun way to bring everyone in the valley together for some healthy, good-natured competition.

Congressmen and people from outside this area, they only understand it, they only get it, when they see it. If we're going to help New Orleans rebuild, we want people who visit New Orleans to see what happened, to see what devastation it's caused.

I'm not so scared. No problem. It's not that hard.

If we break into this uproar after every comment -- and I know that you're rooting for your team -- we're not going to get anything done.

I feel a little stressed about your piece.