We can't delay. I think this is good timing for the hearing.

I want a response that will be in the record of--make certain--that this is your response to OIG.

Mr. Chairman, I just want to conclude. I want to thank Mr. Connolly. I want to thank Mrs. Comstock, and the chairman particularly, for working on this. I think we have gotten the attention of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 53, line 11, strike the colon and all that follows through line 15 and insert a period…

My colleagues, at this late hour, this is a simple amendment. It strikes a waiver that was granted to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and it is a waiver that has been in place for several years. It waives the…

Again, Mr. Chairman, I am willing to work with everyone. Again, I have had to conduct oversight over a tragedy that could have and should have been prevented. Here is the latest headline: ``Can You Hear Me Now? In Metro Tunnels, Answer Is…

It is not right to penalize the freight rails for delays that are by an agency and things beyond their control.

In fact, it has been difficult. In fact, they have had to go through lawsuits.

The joke is there is more FRA Administrators--we have had more FRA Administrators than we have had RRIF loans.

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to pay tribute to six United States Marines who lost their lives on May 12, 2015. They died not in combat but in a mission of mercy, aiding the people of Nepal, who, as we have read, have been devastated by a…

Mr. Speaker, I will now read the name of the brave Marine from my district: Sergeant Ward Mark Johnson IV, Altamonte Springs, Florida, Florida's Seventh Congressional District. Mr. Speaker, greater love hath no man than this, that a man…