So, a State effort is one criteria that would be very important for matching funds, and then, possibly, if you could ease congestion for bet...
I just think coming to some realistic terms with the freight rail carrier is going to be in everyone's interest.
I just want to recognize Governor Rendell, who also is someone with whom I've worked a long time.
It's great that he's here to talk about the national system.
We have an obligation to make sure that if the passenger trains are operating, that they're operating on time.
It is a very important new capability for America to have true multimodal planning for transportation.
I think that is an important step forward to making it more viable.
In Texas, we have a linear-airport kind of model, where--and again, Senator Hutchison's been very close working with us.
I hope that there will be funding for projects other than those that are maybe further along than the Texas T-Bone.
I would ask if, in the parameters of the spending of this stimulus money, if looking at those congested areas where you might be able to get...
I would say either, one, your testimony is not needed, or it has succeeded beyond its wildest expectations.
Every one of us who was here last fall feels that we were misled by the original intention of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Your commitment to building this research enterprise must be recognized.
I am conflicted about the independence, which I think has served us so well through the years, but yet the potential compromising of that by...
As long as you do not require a person who originates a mortgage to keep part of it, you are going to have problems.
It is simply not reasonable to expect the defense budget to continue increasing at the same rate it has over the last number of years.
The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as precaution against a possible North Korean launch.
Each defense budget decision is zero sum.
