John Garamendi actually said...

"The Buy America provisions are extraordinarily important for the continuation of support for this project."

"As I have committed to you and I commit here today to your colleagues, we will not seek waivers from those provisions unless we get to the most extraordinary circumstance that we have plumbed the dept..."

"the high-speed rail program is under construction, it is having dramatic effects immediately in California in an area that has suffered historic underinvestment in our State."

"I believe that we can, that America can afford survival, yes, sir."