Jeff Denham

We need to have big ideas. We need to have bold solutions.

California's commitment of $9.95 billion, at the minimum, would--there would be a conversation there.

Why would you choose something that was unanimously opposed by everybody, if this input process has integrity?

Look, I just want to see this project on time, on budget, and off of ag land.

the California taxpayers are on the hook for $9.95 billion.

I urge this committee to support high-speed rail, and I urge your help in clearing the way for high-speed rail in our Nation.

I believe in a balanced approach to transportation. We have to have a highway bill. We need to improve our highway, as well as our goods movement.

While a nationwide test is significant, the test only included EAS and the components of the legacy system consisting of TV and radio.

To be clear, after almost 50 years, we just recently conducted the first nationwide test.

We saw just last week how important an effective alert system is to saving lives.

The American public wants to know at what cost. Is it $98.5 billion? And if that is really the cost, where does that money come from?

The shovel-ready projects that we talk about, I would love for the shovel to actually be in the ground creating these jobs. But at what cost?

But the question is, are they good investment or bad investment? And that is where I have been trying to get the proof on.

People that went to the ballot box and voted for the $9.95 billion bond are now opposed to it, and want that pulled back.

We need to look at how they are doing things not only smarter, but less expensive.

I would ask that you submit that to us before next week's hearing.

I think not only as a member of this committee I should have that number, but my taxpayers in the district that have committed $9.95 billion should understand what that number is.

What is the public benefit, and does that outweigh the cost to taxpayers?

I do believe that Congress should have a set of priorities.

There is a real failure to plan.

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We need to be doing more with less, not continuing to go on this spending spree that has gone on in the past.

The slide that was presented to you, the 2004, we actually had 67, and the 10-year projection was 81.

How do you find a need to have a new building when you haven't done a courtroom-sharing model on what we currently have?