As you know, because you've been very supportive of it, we're working on a project to return rail passenger service between here and the Twin Cities.

we want to make the market there for bringing people to our State, and we're going to have to get this bill passed

It would be very helpful for our country, for the long term, to pass this bill, to make sure people know, in Minnesota, that there are good deals close to home.

And was this helpful information to you about the cost benefit? Did that surprise you when you brought that up in your testimony?

We are behind compared to other developed nations, even developing nations, when it comes to rail.

We want to make sure people understand that there may have been a few bad actors out there, but they shouldn't ruin it for everyone, including our workers in the travel industry.

Thank you very much, Senator Dorgan, for your leadership time and time again on these flood issues.

there is a way to treat both sides of the river the same when they are in different States.

Thank you very much. And thank you, Governor Hoeven.

There's no substitute for a great Minnesota vacation.

We need those people to be there.

That was such a fiasco. And so, it's improved, but it still isn't where it should be.

I can't comment on that.

I've gotten a lot of good ideas from this that I can bring back to Washington, good examples that we can use.

We handled, between Senator Coleman's office and ours, we each handled about 1,500 emergency cases for passports.

So, again, thank you so much for being here and sharing your expertise and your insight on the tourism industry.

We didn't know that we were in Mecca for wine.

There's $8 billion in the stimulus plan for rail projects that people are bidding on right now.