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Statements about Transportation

James Bennett

But key number is dropping like a rock

"Our numbers are going up at the airport."

Michael Riley

And Langevin could have fixed this???

"When Congressman Langevin took office, gas was around $1.70 per gallon, and now it is near $4 per gallon."

Michael Chippendale

No potholes in this argument

Rhode Island has the "worst maintained bridges in the United States of America . . . and we have the second worst maintained roads [behind] Alaska."

Sheldon Whitehouse

Try 611,000 one-year jobs over a decade

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

John G. Edwards

Stat not quite up to speed

"They're saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the Sakonnet River Bridge is from] out of state."

Lincoln Chafee

Derailed!

The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.

David Quiroa

From 2002-2003

"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply [for] and receive a RI driver’s license."

James Bennett

Geography lesson anyone?

Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse

Taking too much license

"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"

Charles Odimgbe

A pretty fare claim

"We are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in New England."

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