03/08/2017
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"The passion and urgency of this issue has to be understood by our Nation."
"I strongly support the railroad-by-railroad, year-by-year, vigilant oversight approach, which I believe was embodied in the GROW AMERICA Act."
"I will be quick, Mr. Chairman. My main reason for speaking is to say how fervently I support passenger rail in South Dakota."
"Rail safety in the United States is sorely lacking. And there will continue to be catastrophes, often with fatal results and tremendous costs, if the nation fails to do better."