Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
03/12/2008
Pelosi Statement on Today’s Infrastructure Forum
“Yesterday, on the House floor, we honored the leadership of
Thomas Jefferson’s Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin, who 200 years ago next
month, submitted a plan to Congress to develop America’s infrastructure. A century later, Theodore Roosevelt convened
a White House Conference on the anniversary of the
“Today, in keeping with the traditions of visionary leaders
like Albert Gallatin and President Teddy Roosevelt, we gathered some of our
nation’s leading experts to discuss our nation’s infrastructure. We thought in bold ways about how to
prioritize our nation’s infrastructure needs and how to fund these investments
so that we can create good paying jobs for
“The need is clear and the urgency is great. The challenges our nation faces demand
reinvesting in our crumbling highways, transit systems, water and sewer facilities,
levees, bridges, and schools. The New
Direction Congress stands ready to work in a bipartisan manner to find green
solutions, such as mass transit, and modern solutions, such as expanding
broadband access across the
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In addition to the Democratic Members of Congress, the
following experts and leaders attended the forum:
Iowa Governor Chet Culver – Chet Culver was elected Governor
of Iowa in 2006 after serving as the state’s Secretary of State.
Mark B. Florian – Mr. Florian is the chief operating officer
of Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking and manages the North American
Infrastructure Investment Banking business at Goldman Sachs.
Steve Heminger – Mr. Heminger is the Executive Director of
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). MTC is the regional
transportation planning and finance agency for the nine-county San Francisco
Bay Area.
Robert D. Hormats – Dr. Hormats is vice chairman of Goldman
Sachs (International). Prior to his current position he served as assistant
secretary of state for economic and business affairs, ambassador and deputy US
trade representative, and senior deputy assistant secretary for economic and
business affairs at the Department of State.
Darren Walker – Darren Walker is Vice President, Foundation
Initiatives of the Rockefeller Foundation where he leads the Foundation’s work
in the United States in New York, New Orleans, and national policy.
Tracy Wolstencroft – Tracy Wolstencroft is Partner and
Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. He
is a member of the firm-wide Partnership Committee, the Investment Banking
Operating Committee, and is currently head of the Public Sector and
Infrastructure Banking Group.