John Mica: “I call it 'Fantasyland finances' of Amtrak.”

I think it will save money and actually benefit projects that start with non-Federal dollars and can be a great advantage to some of those ports and other waterways that are at a disadvantage because of the distance of the project. So I…

Again, if you don't have communication, I mean, when they couldn't communicate--and we held funds up a couple of times. I think I participated in that to get your attention.

This isn't very glamorous. But just look at the progress we've made.

The bipartisan cooperation has been very effective in moving this forward.