George Lemieux: “I want to thank you for submitting yourself to public service. I know that you can make a lot more money in the private…”

Freight rail takes trucks off the road; it is clean; it is efficient; it's safe; and it plays a big part in Florida.

It's not only important at an economic level, but it has enormous strategic consequences as well.

the U.S. was in the lead for a long time, and, frankly, we're no longer in the lead in global innovation and competitiveness.

China is not going to be a Russia at all, but we are working with them on these things that are so important, like nuclear smuggling.