We are losing a competitive advantage in manufacturing and opportunities for putting people to work and capturing markets.

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.

Frankly, a bill that came out of the Senate would have been harmful to competition.

Amtrak should not be allowed to use taxpayer funds to sue private entities for competition-related lawsuits.

Amtrak should not be in the commuter rail business at all.

I commonly do, because it still relies too much on Government and not privatization.

I'm hoping that we can get to a different model, and a model that does have the least amount of subsidization.

We should make Amtrak a success story. But we have got a ways to go.

I am also fully committed to making certain that their labor agreements are adhered to, and that they receive full compensation and benefits according to the agreements they have received.

Amtrak retaliated by filing a suit in Federal district court alleging that the private contractor wrongfully recruited and enticed members of Amtrak staff.