I worked closely with the Department of Transportation to secure $10.5 million in Federal funds on a crucial rail line p...
I actually am going to pick up exactly on the point that Senator Murray was raising with you...
It is unacceptable that we came at all close to a government shutdown.
I hope that the Congress and the administration will take a much more thoughtful and reasoned approach to the difficult ...
The soaring debt of more than $14 trillion and growing poses a grave threat to our Nation's future prosperity.
Recognizing safety as the No. 1 priority, ensuring a safe civil aviation system is also critically important to the over...
We simply must rein in our spending and get our financial house in order.
I think there's also larger risk accompanying this because of the fraudulent nature of things.
I just think it's cumbersome and bureaucratic.
So, I'm going to explore with you the issue of distance.
Are we going to be prepared for that?
Now, is there any way that we can sort of synchronize these background checks, you know, so that we can have one unified...
When it comes to maritime security, we can, and must do better to protect our country's 360 ports and maritime facilitie...
Unfortunately, we can see from today's report that the TWIC credential has failed on all counts.
we will have spent $3.2 billion, and we've yet to clear all the hurdles to say that it's fully implemented and satisfied...
The question is, what's our return on investment? Are we clearly safer? Yes, we are. But, at what cost?
I mean, I think if it takes so long to get a program up and running, something must be truly wrong.
Well, is it going to be interoperable in any way?
