I am a doc, too, not a psychiatrist--but one of my concerns is that some of the SAMHSA money is going for folks who advocate doing without medications.

We have some critical infrastructure needs in the country.

I think that this incident, an accident that could have cost even more lives, caused more injuries, and done even greater damage, fortunately was less severe than it might have been.

I think we have some general challenges with state of good repair, and I think rail is one of them.

I hope that you will do whatever you can--I know it is an independent board--to assure that we know what the results are.

I would like a commitment from you that you will prioritize investments in infrastructure and safety measures for all of our railroad lines but most especially in the Northeast Corridor.

I would ask you to work with our entire delegation in developing a consensus around the Northeast Corridor rail financing plan.

You know, on a short-term basis, what she is talking about is really, really critical to this country.

the states know how to spend this money better than the Federal Government does.

Interesting. Thank you.

Pay teachers more.

This stuff is not rocket science. When I became governor, we had the same problem in Idaho. I built two nursing schools and paid the teachers more and all of the sudden the nursing shortage went away.

You know, I just found a way to employ another almost 100,000 people.

How about one program with a very smart person heading that program? That is what we do in the private sector.

We have realized that in Idaho a long time ago. We have between the State and our businesses in Idaho we have a strong, strong working partnership.

But that is true in most pursuits.

This issue is not a new issue, and we are so glad to have somebody from Micron Technology here.

The problem was exactly the same way. When I became governor, we had 800 empty positions for nurses; and the people who were in our nursing schools were exactly the kind of people we were trying to help.