Anthony Foxx

It is imperative. In this case the cost of delay is measured in lost members of our families, of pain and suffering, and the denial of economic, health and social opportunity for the elderly, disabled and the impoverished.

This plan is focused on the future with high impact investments in the safe integration of emerging technologies.

I want to thank you for what I would call your ferocious advocacy on behalf of safety and on behalf of the workers and users of the system.

Every vehicle under an open safety recall should be repaired as soon as possible.. . .Requiring rental car agencies and used car dealers to fix defective vehicles before renting is a common-sense solution that would make our roads safer.

As you know, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Let us do something big. I am ready to work with you and all members of Congress to get something done.

I want to thank you for being such a great voice for the need to fix the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund and for long-term stability in the funding.

I stand with you 100 percent in urging Congress to provide adequate funding to build transit system capacity to meet growing ridership demand.

Our bill puts fully $28.6 billion over 6 years into a passenger rail system so that there is multiyear certainty that allows Amtrak to actually plan.

A tidal wave is coming for us, Mr. Chairman, and the question is--are we going to choke on our own growth or are we going to build for it?

Instead, what our transportation system received last year was no growth in funding at all.