"I urge that there be an infrastructure bank as a means of providing that financing and, at the very least, that there be a national rail trust fund."
"the entire New Haven Line, when it comes to electric power, really is only as strong as its weakest point, because if the weakest point fails, as we saw in Mount Vernon, the entire line is crippled, c..."
"I want to express my appreciation for the work done by the men and women who work for you in so quickly reacting and the enormous effort that it took to construct that temporary station."
"And the normal design life is 30 years."
"If we want an economic driver for the state of Connecticut, it's improved and more frequent and faster rail service."
"More people are killed in highway accidents every day than by tobacco or anything else."
"I want to join in thanking the Chairman for having this hearing."
"the agency that's responsible for overseeing the safety of those kind of devices or equipment that hurt children is the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is known colloquially as the CSPC."
"Of course we do. We're hearing it now, but we've also been hearing it literally day after day, hour after hour, from our constituents."
"They are nihilists and anarchists. They want to shut down government."
"The government, the government, I hate it. And now piece by piece, like the kreplach, we're showing them what the government does."