Christopher Dodd actually said...

I think we've arrived at a time when we need to recognize, as well, how important the role of transit can play.

This is not an anti-highway hearing, by the way. It's obviously critically important as well.

the costs are prohibitive in many ways, and we are already lowering deficits in the Highway Trust Fund

We are operating both high-speed critical Amtrak service, critical commuter service, and we are running on a system that is now a hundred ye...