Laura Richardson: “We have an opportunity to leave this generation with a world-class high-speed rail system.”

I think the threat to our National economy, the global economy, to lives is severe.

Today more than ever, America's fate is inextricably linked to events beyond our shores.

I am deeply troubled, living in a port community where we bring 40 to 45 percent of the entire nation's cargo goes through my district.

It is an expression of our commitment to the American public, and a contract that we cannot deny.