Now is the time to be investing in our infrastructure.

I believe we are going to pass one out of this committee early next year.

I have a longstanding concern about the viability of the California high-speed rail project.

If we are going to invest money, let's invest it wisely.

I think the chairman has laid out all the statistics, and I am sure we will hear from Mr. Denham on those statistics.

We really should be starting on high-speed rail or higher speed rails, improved passenger rails in San Francisco.

It is time to step up and do what is right.

Without these leaders--think about it--we wouldn't have had the Transcontinental Railroad.

I support the funding of Highway 99, supported a measure that provided $1 billion for that.

California, particularly the San Joaquin Valley, where my district is located, has some of the worst air quality in the Nation.

If the attitude that I hear from some of our colleagues here is to prevail, we would never have put a man on the moon.

Why are we all paying to build high-speed rail if only the wealthy can afford a ticket? My constituents need more mass rail transit, safer, faster, and cheaper commute.

I took a tough position against my own party because I thought it was the right thing to do.

We have a shortage of housing for the homeless. We have an incredible shortage of money here in the Federal Government.

I submit today to tell you that if it had not been for that multibillion-dollar construction project, we wouldn't have the benefits of that transportation plan.

Clearly, all is possible if we can only work together, which often times is in short supply around here.

America has always attempted to be a Nation of bold, visionary leaders who dared to think big in times of difficulty.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the No Veteran Dies Alone program at the veterans hospital in Fresno, California. During the holiday season, it is appropriate to give thanks. Members of the military follow the sacred oath of…