There is a lot of talk about bipartisanship in this body. Oftentimes, a bill will come to the floor, and you may hope that one party or the other might throw some votes your way or that you might get some last-minute votes. True…

If you are on the Northeast corridor and you have never ridden the rail before because you have a pet that you either have to leave at home or a pet that you are going to drive because of, you will now have the opportunity to ride on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to touch on a few of the great things on this reform bill. Make no mistake, this will reform passenger rail as we know it today in many different areas. First of all, we expect…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Forty years ago today, the first flight carrying U.S. prisoners of war out of North Vietnam lifted off from Hanoi to take the first 40 U.S. servicemen to freedom. These men, some of whom had been held for 8 years…

This was a California problem, now it is a national problem.

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for yielding. It was a pleasure to travel to your southern border. I have traveled to the southern border of California many times. And as we saw on the entire border security trip, our entire southern…

I would like to ask unanimous consent that Representative Sean Patrick Maloney be permitted to join the subcommittee for today's hearing.

I just want to make sure we are all singing the same tune, that we have a very safe industry.

I look forward to working on all of these issues with each of the members of this committee.

Any time we can shout out PRRIA, we like to do so.

He and I will have a great partnership in moving this subcommittee forward.

America currently has 2.6 million miles of pipeline providing an extremely safe way to transport energy products. The Keystone pipeline will be the safest ever built, with 95 special mitigation measures, including nearly 60 recommended by…