Big-City Mayors

Pound for pound, rail transport is safer and less polluting than alternatives.

Our approach has been to create options and to provide economic support.

America has never been the kind of country that waited for other countries to solve a problem.

We want to make sure we are helping them make use of opportunities to do those conversions, knowing the housing crunch that so many communities face.

They have the means to operate more safely. But unless a law requires it of them, it will not happen.

We need this legislation. Look, we are doing everything we can, short of an act of Congress, but we are urgently calling for Congress to act.

We think it is really important to fill in some of the gaps in areas that won't pencil for the private sector.

The cost of electric vehicles is going down, and we have even seen research indicating that...

It would certainly be absurd to dismiss the danger and damage that has been associated with flammable liquids being used to propel our vehicles over the course of the last 100 years.

We face fierce competition from around the world...to make sure that America leads the way in the EV revolution.

I believe it is because they perceive the economic and strategic benefits of trying to dominate that market.

That is not an accurate characterization of what I have said.

Legislation such as what you have led on introducing, could give FMCSA the explicit authority needed to assess civil penalties for violations of commercial regulations.

We see how fraud in the movement of goods has created just gut-wrenching stories from people who are vulnerable when somebody else has possession of their goods during a move.

We have been heartened to see improvements in the overall numbers of roadway fatalities over the last eight quarters in the U.S.

I just want to make sure we are being honest about the patterns that we have inherited.

I can't guarantee on behalf of any project sponsor when they will be ready.

We think that is just the beginning of the corridor development we can do both with conventional, and in the future, we think, high-speed rail opportunities.

Amtrak set a record for ridership last year in North Carolina, surpassed 1 million riders for the first time.

One of the most troubling things in that report, I agree, was the finding that the vent and--the polymerization that was feared by those who thought that by undertaking that vent and burn action, they were preventing an explosion might not…

We would welcome working with you on that bipartisan legislation to make sure that there are more resources than before going to this clear and mounting need.

I can assure you, even if it doesn't have its own line item, it is something that we consider important for a number of programs like INFRA.

I could assure you our Maritime Administration team works diligently on applications that come through.

By that logic, Congressman, none of us should ever vote. We are all doing our part to do something about a global change, and I believe America should lead the world.