Facts & Quotes

  • "The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles..." Orville Wright
  • “[T]he United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward, and so will space.” John F. Kennedy, 1962
  • “Our citizens do not want less transportation. They want more. They do not want us to spend more on the same old thing or just move money around from one idea to the next. They want us to invest in a disciplined and strategic way..." Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, January 16, 2013
  • “Our common infrastructure is a horizontal thing that so much of our economy rests on. It’s clear now that…our success relies on a robust international digital infrastructure, both wired and wireless.” Jules Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC
  • Retrofitting public buildings to be greener would create as many as 800,000 jobs. Political Economy Institute, 2008
  • Commercial and industrial buildings account for as much as 50% of US energy use. U.S Energy Information Administration, 2000
  • Repairing existing roads and bridges creates 9% more jobs per dollar than building from scratch. Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2004
  • Our nation is expected to grow by 100 million over the next 30 years. American Road and Transportation Builders Association, 2008
  • Rolling blackouts and electrical grid inefficiencies cost an estimated $80 billion a year. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2005
  • 81% of Americans are willing to pay more in taxes to rebuild American infrastructure. Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research, 2009
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