Look, METRA and the Chicago Transit Authority are not worried about permitting.

But you cut it in half, so you have got to--it cannot be a priority if you cut it in half.

Millennials are not buying cars. They are doing rideshares, they are riding bikes, and, thank God, they are using public transportation.

You just took away half the funding for the Direct Grant Program.

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