John Mica actually said...

"Virginia needs to step up to the plate, Maryland needs to step up to the plate, and the District with that huge surplus now needs to step up to the plate."

"Would you have the Federal Government manage that property? Hell, no. You'd be nuts. And we do that."

"It's the procedures. They're cumbersome. They're outdated. They're bureaucratic. There's red tape."

"We have a Metro system in crisis in Washington, D.C., and we need to find out what has gone wrong."