Richard Blumenthal

There is a need for more than just an investigation. There is a need for action to restore trust and confidence, to assure accountability and transparency.

To involve appropriate Federal criminal investigative agencies if there is sufficient evidence of criminality...

Our Nation's veterans deserve the best medical care, nothing less.

Let me ask, will you change your management team given that the background here shows systematic failings...

I have very severe and grave doubts that the resources now at the disposal of the Inspector General are sufficient to meet this challenge.

Just to concur with Senator Blunt, this record is very, very compelling, and you've helped us to make it with stories, which often move people more than statistics or abstract rhetoric.

I don't think they were unique to that line.

The Northeast Corridor needs $9 billion in infrastructure.

When I was on the Amtrak Board of Directors, safety was the number one priority.

The thing about rail and about, really, all transportation, is that it shows no town, no city, no region is an island.

Government comes in, because it can reconcile all the interests and all the different considerations.

It's very important to the members I represent.

If the Highway Trust Fund is allowed to go over the edge, the harm to the construction sector will be catastrophic.

Positive train control is definitely a safety issue.

What I see in--what I see here today is, the investments we make are going to shape the future.

Congress and the administration, to date, have been unwilling to raise the user fee.

The TIGER grant that we were able to obtain in 2012 for Hartford is going to play a critical role at Union Station there in developing a multimodal approach.

I applaud these outside-the-box approaches to finding creative solutions for funding critical projects and programs.

I would just suggest that safety is a priority as we do construction, but also as we prepare infrastructure for the future.

It's amazing how a little Federal money or State money can focus people's minds.

We must solve the problem.

My friend, Senator Blunt, is leading the way with his 'Partnership to Build America' and BRIDGE Acts.

I think there are limits as to how much, you know, harm he can do in the space of 10 minutes while I'll be gone.

Not lightly do I turn it over to a Republican, but he's one of the good guys.

I am here to request funding that can be used to help make repairs to our passenger rail line and put us on track towards safe, fast, and reliable service.