Bill Nelson actually said...

"it is a critical appointment, it is a critical time. It is a time that the FRA cannot let anything be slack and drop."

"One of the things that we did in the highway bill was we got the number up to $200 million to help the commuter railroads install the Positive Train Control."

"the system is not fair--the Republicans think it is disastrously not fair."

"the public does not know who is financing that, and that money is not being used, as the statute requires, for a social welfare purpose."