Tom Carper actually said...

I believe that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and of oil consumption should be two of the goals that define our transportation in...

We need a new transportation paradigm that fully embraces energy and environmental concerns.

As a Nation we consume 20 million barrels of oil per day--nearly all of which goes to our petroleum dependent transportation system.

I used to be on the Amtrak board, and I ride the train a lot.