"Everybody agrees we have to fix our crumbling infrastructure; the problem is nobody knows how to pay for it. The national infrastructure bank will supercharge our industry and small businesses,” said DiPalma.

“The time to act is now,” said DiPalma. “Delaying any longer will result in increased costs, as many projects will be beyond repair and require full replacement.”

- R.I. State Senator Lou DiPalma , Vice-Chair of Transportation Policy Ctte of the CSG East in Perspectives       Magazine, "Solving the infrastructure investment challenge", Council of State Governments East, 2021-22 Edition

“This would be an augmentation and would not require any federal dollars,” Mullins said. “This is essentially putting our nation’s debt to work.”

-Pa. State Rep. Kyle Mullins

“There was a little hesitation because everybody was working on the Biden plan. We understand that. This is different from the Biden plan,” Pashinski said. “This is the private dollars, there are no tax dollars or whatsoever ... You’re looking at 25 million high-quality jobs.”

-Pa. State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski . Both quotes from Scranton's The Times-Tribune   frontpage article on Jan. 1,2022 entitled "Legislators Favor New Federal Bank Solely for Road, Bridge, and Other Infrastructure Upgrades"

"Boscola agreed, describing the U.S. record of infrastructure investment as 'abysmal.' She has also sponsored a state Senate resolution calling on Congress to create a National Infrastructure Bank.

'We need to stop putting little band-aids on our infrastructure needs and calling it a success,' she said. 'The fact remains we need large, wholesale investment in our infrastructure and only the federal government is capable of harnessing that kind of investment.'"

- Pa. State Senator Lisa Boscola,  in The Morning Call,  Lehigh Valley, Pa, January 3, 2022 article