"If they don't do it right, they are going to wreck havoc all along the way."
"What that is doing is saying we have a responsibility to the taxpayers."
"It is our responsibility and our stewardship to make the decisions of where our tax dollars go."
"That may make for a very good Hollywood movie, 'Build it and they will come,' but I don't think that is what the taxpayers say when they sent us here."
"Now is the time to be investing in our infrastructure."
"Well, first of all, I just saw a recent poll that said that 59 percent of Californians would reject the bond package."
"I believe we are going to pass one out of this committee early next year."
"I have a longstanding concern about the viability of the California high-speed rail project."
"If we are going to invest money, let's invest it wisely."
"We really should be starting on high-speed rail or higher speed rails, improved passenger rails in San Francisco."
"I think the chairman has laid out all the statistics, and I am sure we will hear from Mr. Denham on those statistics."