Chris Coons actually said...

"High-speed rail... has value for America, and we are all part of Team America."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your leadership on these very important issues."

"I am hopeful that this budget--that this conversation at this Committee and elsewhere will serve as a catalytic event."

"I think the Bowles-Simpson Commission laid out the kind of strong, broad vision that we need to take on to tackle not just the deficit but, as was mentioned before, the debt for the long term."