Cord Byrd: “Yes. I am also saying those tunnels that go into Penn Station in New York are traps. They were built before World War I.…”

“Yes. I am also saying those tunnels that go into Penn Station in New York are traps. They were built before World War I. I am passed 84 years of age, and they were built before I discovered America. They are inadequately ventilated, they are inadequately lighted, and the escape routes are inadequate. There are 500,000 individuals who go through that station every workday. There are 750 trains. Yet how much has been appropriated to prevent another catastrophe there to rebuild the tunnels? Yes, I know. I have heard from the Senator, and I have heard from her senior colleague. They have not been recreant in their duty. They have been very effective. As I say, the Governor of New York has been in my office. I hope he will support this package because it will help him; it will help the State of New York; it will help the people in the fire departments; in the police departments, the paramedics in New York City and other cities in New York. We have that responsibility. I did not go to New York. I am one of the few national politicians who did not go to New York City. I did not need to go.”