"that failure rate is totally unacceptable."
"I am absolutely distraught that your Subcommittee would be denied by TSA the opportunity for them to be here"
"the technology does not do a very good job and the personnel failure performance rate is just off the charts."
"While, first of all, someone was not paying attention to the performance of the engineer in this case, and that is a shortcoming of our safety program, that needs to be corrected."
"The launch has been an absolute disaster."
"I am open to working with you. And I know you're just excited about working with me."
"I pleaded and begged to look at the Northeast Corridor."
"I consider myself one of the stronger supporters of bringing true high-speed rail to the United States and also expanding passenger rail service where it makes sense for the taxpayers."
"We currently--no offense to Amtrak, but basically we run what I term as Soviet-style passenger train system."
"We would have more employees, we would have more service if we ran better routes."
"And don't tell me that you cannot make money moving passengers by rail."