George Lemieux: “This is not a partisan issue; this is about the competitiveness of this country.”

I think that rail, both on the passenger and freight side, needs to have an ever more prominent role in transportation in this country.

It seems time and time again this Congress' dysfunctionality and failure to move on things is causing paralysis out in the world.

It falls upon the United States to shoulder the burden in issues such as terrorism and dealing with rogue countries.

We need to have not just diplomatic help for Mexico, but we need to have, like we did with Colombia, a military-to-military strong relationship now so that they can fight back what has really become an existential threat to that government.