Anthony Foxx: “We believe our proposal meets a lot of the principles that many have articulated. We think it is the right way to go…”

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.

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

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

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.