William Bryan: “I would say to my senior colleague, his guess is as good as mine. But we know this. We know that there are 43 States…”

“I would say to my senior colleague, his guess is as good as mine. But we know this. We know that there are 43 States that have corridor routes. I envy our friend from Alaska with whom we have been engaged in this debate over the last few days. He is fortunate that his State is not among them. But most of the rest of us are. So this is not just a Nevada issue. You have 43 States. You have thousands and thousands of rail and highway miles involved. I remind my colleague that we have 51 million people who live within 1 mile of these rail and highway corridor routes. These are existing routes. Nothing is going to be done new in the context of any construction, or an attempt to bypass communities. We are talking about existing rails and highway corridors. So when the Senator asks the question of where those would be, may I say with great respect--and not trying to be flip about it--throw a dart at the map of the lower 48 States in America and his guess and my guess would be as good as any that could be conjectured.”