Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I do want to thank Senator Thune, Senator Nelson, Senator Inhofe, and others who did something good today, which is to allow us to vote to make sure that we have the head of the Federal Railroad Administration. Finally, after 8 months, Sarah Feinberg got a vote. It is very important. I am glad all this wrangling that we had back and forth led to that happy situation because we need her in place. Frankly, we need her in place to oversee this positive train control. I want to quote what she stated. She stated that worries of a train exploding in the middle of a city have caused her sleepless nights. This is an Administrator who cares deeply about her role in safety. There was an article written by someone today that said I stood alone in my opposition to moving forward with a 3- to 5-year extension and taking that extension out of the underlying bill and tacking it on to a 3-week highway bill extension. I want to point out that I did not stand alone and I do not stand alone. Senator Blumenthal is hoping to come here later and make his remarks about the fact that he opposed this. I speak here for Senator Feinstein, my great colleague--my senior colleague--who actually wrote the original legislation because these crashes were occurring. And I want to read a little bit from Senator Gillibrand, who is on a train headed to a funeral for a firefighter in New York.…”