11/18/2013
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"I really believe if we focus on the one true high-speed rail corridor that we have today that desperately needs it, it is the Northeast Corridor."
"I just don't believe that we are going to be able to have high-speed rail across this country because we can't afford it and because the American people really aren't clamoring for that."
"We've lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam."
"In fact, we intend to return to the Treasury a greater amount in 2011 than was returned in 2010."