My colleagues on the other side of the aisle, all of a sudden, want to see this rule; but, when we passed the ObamaCare bill, nobody seemed to care about what it said in it. Again, this is new for me from my colleagues from the other side…

The implementing agencies with their comments rejected the rule from New York. It sounds like New York is confused. Mr. DeFAZIO. New York may be confused, and everybody is confused because they have not seen what it is that they are…

This amendment simply clarifies that when the Amtrak inspector general looks at ways to improve Amtrak's boarding procedures at major stations that it consider passengers using wheelchairs and other nonmotorized transportation. I know this…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition. I certainly appreciate the gentleman's concern. He has been a true deficit hawk. One of the great challenges we face in America is reducing the deficit. There has…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. His amendment would ensure that veteran-owned small businesses be considered when they are looking who has historically participated in Federal funds in all projects, so I strongly support the…

It is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Denham). He is one of the principal authors of this piece of legislation, the gentleman who did yeoman's work on this bill and the chairman of the Subcommittee on…

I don't think I will use it all. I am sure any of my colleagues watching on TV are hoping I don't use it all also. I want to close by just emphasizing again that this is truly a reform bill that was crafted in a bipartisan basis. There is…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 14 minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Costello), the newest member of the T&I Committee.

I really appreciate Chairman Denham coming up and talking about some of the important reforms in this bill. I want to add to that. One of the key things we do in this bill is we are empowering the States. There are 19 States and 21…

This amendment will do nothing more than kill the bill. H.R. 749 is a bipartisan bill with heavy, heavy reforms that will improve and advance passenger rail in this country, including security. We have taken that into consideration. I…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 316, nays 101, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 112]…