Grace Napolitano actually said...

"The foundation for all the service is having a modern reliable infrastructure, and you can't do that with bridges and tunnels that were built when Teddy Roosevelt was President and Ulysses S. Grant wa..."

"Somehow, we have got to speed up our system so that we can provide essentially good service since we have the best Nation in the world."

"For how long has Amtrak been requesting funding for state of good repair and infrastructure due to deterioration?"

"I have never found that rail completely pays for itself. It is almost always subsidized."