Grace Napolitano actually said...

"We are a donor State to the rest of the Nation in many areas."

"I have great expectations that it will be successful."

"we need to concentrate on the bigger picture, and that is the ability for us to be able to not necessarily compete, but be able to maintain the necessity of options for our ridership."

"Now all we need to do is have the witnesses understand that we need your help in convincing the other Members of Congress to vote for a 6-year bill."