John Mica: “I am pleased to welcome everyone to this hearing and this opportunity to review the progress of high-speed rail.”

I assure you, Mr. Evans, it will have repercussions up here among your allies and your partners.

But, one, we don't have an inventory of vacant Federal properties or underutilized Federal properties. That's a given.

We need to have templates for each type of disaster.

This is a simple amendment. It does make an adjustment to the benefit-cost ratio for any navigation project carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers with non-Federal funds. This gives the Secretary, after the completion of any portion of…