Jim Costa actually said...

"Why are we all paying to build high-speed rail if only the wealthy can afford a ticket? My constituents need more mass rail transit, safer, faster, and cheaper commute."

"If the attitude that I hear from some of our colleagues here is to prevail, we would never have put a man on the moon."

"I took a tough position against my own party because I thought it was the right thing to do."

"California, particularly the San Joaquin Valley, where my district is located, has some of the worst air quality in the Nation."