Facts & Quotes

  • “It's been proven time after time: investments in our national infrastructure create jobs and opportunities. Americans can and must build great things – not just in spite of enormous economic challenges but also as the means of overcoming them.” Secretary Ray LaHood, Department of Transportation
  • “Infrastructure is a bipartisan issue because we all deserve safe bridges, uncongested roads, and sustainable transit options.” Antonio Villaraigosa, October 11, 2010
  • "We are not cutting back on the investments that are essential to America's long-term economic growth: education, clean energy, research and infrastructure. We will make sacrifices … we are not going to sacrifice America's future or our leadership in the President Barack Obama, November 13, 2010
  • “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
  • “If we do not have a world class infrastructure here in broadband for cutting-edge devices and services, the next generation of innovations, the next great companies…will start in another country and not here.” Jules Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC
  • “Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.” Bill Gates
  • “We’re changing the world with technology.” Bill Gates
  • “[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
  • “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old questions from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.” Albert Einstein
  • “Our country has incredible renewable resources, innovative entrepreneurs, a skilled workforce, and manufacturing know-how. It’s time to harness these resources and lead in the global clean energy economy.” Secretary Steven Chu, Department of Energy
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