What I would like to do is work with you as much as I could to make sure that Amtrak achieves the level of service that I think they are capable of delivering.

I am extremely pleased to see that this budget continues on the President's public commitment to invest in world-class education for all our students.

you do not want to create the incentives to have more of that stuff happen outside the United States.

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.

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

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

If America is not to fall behind, if we are going to be competitive, we are going to have to have high-speed rail.

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