I pleaded and begged to look at the Northeast Corridor.
We currently--no offense to Amtrak, but basically we run what I term as Soviet-style passenger train system.
I consider myself one of the stronger supporters of bringing true high-speed rail to the United States and also expandin...
The credibility moving forward has been damaged.
I am open to working with you. And I know you're just excited about working with me.
The launch has been an absolute disaster.
There is no reason why some of the money-losing routes cannot be put up for private sector competition.
And don't tell me that you cannot make money moving passengers by rail.
We would have more employees, we would have more service if we ran better routes.
What is the biggest threat to America? It wasn't Iran. It wasn't North Korea. It wasn't even the border.
I am hopeful that you will be able to take a look at that budget in light of where we are today, recognizing that we hav...
It is a categorical imperative that we are facing right now, based on the threat that debt and the growing deficit is to...
And I will just tell you I have no other priority for the balance of my tenure in Congress, so I am sort of focused on t...
My intent is not to deprive them of any of the space that they need, but rather to look at a consolidation that makes se...
I have been here a while. It's sort of unprecedented to have a resolution of the nature we did in response to a prospect...
Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We really need to find something to pull us on that glide path with a comprehensive plan.
Yesterday, I was stunned to see a news report that unveiled, as far as I am concerned, the gross mismanagement of U.S. t...
