"We've got to do a better job."
"We can't afford not to get it right here. We've got to get it right."
"But Orlando, Central Florida, the biggest terrorist attack in the history of the country since 9/11, got zero the last 2 years."
"We are missing the mark. Now, maybe we should give the Secretary back to more discretion."
"We've got to change the paradigm, the San Bernardinos, the Orlandos, the Chattanoogas, the Bostons. They aren't done with us."
"I think, unfortunately, we have not been able to keep up with the rest of the world."
"My preference would have been to put the money in the Northeast Corridor in one route and show some success and partner with the private sector."
"Well, I would consider just for the record that we have put in over $1 billion a year into Amtrak capital improvements."
"we are going to have the political will and courage to do it and to make that investment in our infrastructure"
"It was sort of a bait-and-switch project because the train that they were looking at was only--it was 84 miles."
"I just like to put things in the record because people say things."