Dan Lipinski

Better rail infrastructure is urgently needed to expand service.

Please fund the infrastructure that supports commuter rail.

Adequate funding for our passenger and freight rail service is a critical thing for improving safety, livability, and growing our economy.

Please fund the infrastructure that supports commuter rail.

I just want your commitment to working with other parts of the Administration.

The private sector is also important, but you know, ARPA-E was created because there are things that the private sector will not invest in that the public sector must.

The strategy talks specifically about bolstering cybersecurity education and manufacturing.

America has a freight rail network that is the envy of the world, and that network helps make American businesses more efficient, helping to create jobs.

It is time the railroads do better in maintaining their property.

The current amount authorized for the section 130 grade crossing program is nowhere near enough to fund one grade separation in my district, let alone the many that need to be done across the country.

The notion that the way a community experiencing blocked grade crossings should try to solve the problem is to fill out a report and submit it to FRA or call the railroad and hope the railroad will unblock the crossing is not a solution.

I really think we should fund ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) to a much greater extent to help.

One thing that the U.N. Emissions Gap Report, one of the opportunities that the report recommends for the U.S. is introduction of carbon pricing.

I'm concerned that we're in a tight global race through the completion of the first exascale computer in the world.

No, go ahead, say you need more money. I'd be happy to hear you say it.

I think it's more important now than ever that the Nation's leadership in high performance computing is maintained because of national security, economic prosperity, and innovation that are critical to our country.

I would say the system is broken. Something went wrong.

I do not believe we should get rid of ODA. I am not suggesting that.

I expect this title to not only include Amtrak reauthorization and other passenger rail provisions, but also a robust investment in freight rail infrastructure.

One thing I hope we can all agree upon, though, is that we need a robust level of funding for megaprojects which are critical to freight movement in our country and other projects critical to transportation in the country that, really…

Finally, we need to permanently authorize the 45G tax credit to give the short line rail industry the investment certainty they need.

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing us today, and there is an urgent need for bipartisan solutions.

This investment would have far-reaching, positive impacts by increasing jobs--many of them good-paying union jobs, making our businesses more competitive, and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Amtrak is an essential component of our national transportation system and must be supported, not dismantled, privatized or starved into bankruptcy.

I am a strong advocate for Amtrak service, and passenger rail in general.