I want to thank you for holding this very important hearing on the WMATA budget.
I applaud and support the administration's request of $150 million in fiscal year 2011 for Metro.
If the Federal Government increases its investment in the system, it should also increase its oversight of operations an...
Well, I think that is an interesting insight.
I trust this strong demonstration of support will encourage Metro's three funding partners to continue to meet their res...
So, if we wanted to modernize, it would take additional revenue from either your Federal partners or other partners. Is ...
I have got my own bill, along with Senator Cardin and others, to do that.
But one of your points, though, is the GSA has got to get cracking on these two other Federal board appointments?
We hear about out-of-service escalators and elevators. That is a top favorite, as well as closed entrances and exits and...
using an old Ronald Reagan phrase, my good friend Ronald Reagan, when he said, 'Are you better off now than you were 4 y...
I know that, for example, Ms. Jeter is the official union representative and does a very good job at it.
I would strongly recommend in the interim, people who have those concerns bring it to those that they elected to represe...
we have got to be able to get together, put it out on the table, speak uncensored and unfettered, and let us solve some ...
Do you feel that the climate toward whistleblowers has improved?
We do believe, though, there has to be modernization. There has to be safety reform, and there has to be accountability....
Well, this takes me to the Federal responsibility that while we might be self-congratulatory that we are finally providi...
Not enough organization.
I am trying to get to the point. We had the accidents. We have had the FTA audit. We are making corrections.
