John Mica actually said...

"Let's have an honest debate about the future of rail transportation, passenger rail transportation, in America."

"Some of them are working in dumps. And some of them are working in conditions that are not conducive to doing a good job or being on the job alert, awake, and all of that."

"We wouldn't have had an FAA reauthorization without your help, even though it was very difficult to pass that bill."

"One of the most important aspects of not passing that legislation was not having a blueprint, a formal blueprint, which the FAA authorization provides."