"Would you build the first section from Fresno to Bakersfield if you knew there was never going to be any additional funding?"
"There is still no money to fund anything connecting the southern tip of this with any of the population south of Bakersfield--Palmdale, L.A., nothing."
"Have you done an independent risk analysis for this first construction segment?"
"What do you mean as the people also get for this investment? Do we get a high-speed rail service?"
"We do not have any plans to stop Amtrak service--it is not ours to stop--between Corcoran, Wasco, and--"
"As I have explained numerous times in Kings County, we support the continuation of rail service on those smaller stations."
"We want to work with them and our State transportation authority to make sure that rail service continues there."
"I will as well."
"Hispanic women are 20 percent more likely to have a child with neural tube defect, a devastating birth defect that can be permanently disabling or deadly."
"I would urge you to ensure an expedient and reasonable review of the petition and be mindful that neural tube defects continue to occur while the FDA deliberates."
"the budget proposes a substantial reduction in the Self-Help Housing Program."
"If we continue to grow the supply of legal temporary workers past the 156,000 number to match closer to that actual demand for all agriculture workers, would we continue to see these increases in agri..."