We need to make passenger rail work.

Improvements must still be made at Chicago Union Station.

Any proposals from Amtrak to end other long-distance train services will be met with similar congressional reaction.

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

This is a critical time to be looking at the issues as we begin drafting this legislation.

It is insulting for Amtrak to be cutting jobs they say are not needed and then outsourcing the same jobs to low-wage, no-benefit contractors.

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

I just want to address--really one main thing we had earlier--actually Mr. LaMalfa had raised with Ms. Mortensen issues of transparency, and you know, cost transparency, for Amtrak.

How do we stop that?

I am not sure what accountability means if accountability means, Mr. Muilenburg, you received a $15 million bonus after these planes crashed.

There is a lot of reasons mistakes are made. The problem, the bigger problem, is if mistakes were made for financial reasons.