So that would ensure that----

We want to have the safest rail in the world.

I think the fewer safety mandates Congress gets involved in, the better.

Outside of the whole budget debate, because that debate is going to continue to go on, assuming we have extra money, we are going to need to put significant infrastructure repairs, not only some that safety repairs that should have been…

We need to operate within realistic budget constraints, and I think we all agree reforms are necessary.

We need to be pragmatic and transparent, and we will need all parties to participate.

Chairman Shuster and I are committed to rail reauthorization this year.

We would ask you for that information. In fact, this committee will ask a formal request after this hearing of each of you to be able to establish the greatest need as well as timeline throughout the Nation regionally.

So if you had a freight rail that was ready to implement quicker than the rest of the industry, would they reap some type of benefit under your case-by-case scenario?

As well, what type of extension do you think that we ought to see in PTC?

I look forward to working with the gentleman, but at this time I reserve the balance of my time.

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.