Richard Blumenthal actually said...

I want to come back, Mr. Szabo, to the penalty issue.

the funding for that system expires at the end of September, and there's a need to reauthorize the Nation's surface transportation law.

If they're on the books and they're not enforced, they're dead letter.

So, fair to say they're saying the right things, but the jury's still out on whether they're doing the right things.