THEY SAID IT


“We have a clock that is running out. I wish we had the equivalent of LeBron James when it comes to taking a courageous stance that needs to be taken to move this country’s infrastructure forward. But alas, he plays basketball;


he’s not in Congress.”


—Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx remarking on the necessity of Congress to beat the clock on the dwindling Highway Trust Fund


“Congress has kicked the can


down the road – a congested road marked with potholes, mind you – so often the can is dented beyond recognition. This must end.”


—American Trucking Associations CEO Bill Graves criticizes an ineffective Congress as the deadline for the Highway Trust Fund looms near


“I governed in a


state that was the most lopsided


and partisan in the country — no Republican


governor had more Democrats and


fewer Republicans. I challenged the


deeply entrenched political machine that ran this state.”


—Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) kicking off his second presidential campaign in Hope, Ark.


“Trucking did not cause this problem. Lack of funding did not cause this problem. What caused this problem is fiscal malfeasance over


decades.” —Rhode Island Trucking Association CEO Christopher Maxwell’s criticism of truck toll plans in his state


“A car never gets tired. It doesn’t have any emotions when it’s driving home from a break-up with its girlfriend. It doesn’t get drunk or old and slow.”


—Patrick Vogel, scientist at Free University of Berlin, on the potential safety benefits of autonomous vehicles 10 ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT | Issue 3 2015


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