Ray LaHood: “I believe this is ultimately more important than the fate of one particular president.”

The reason that California wants high-speed rail is because the Governor wanted it. A Republican Governor, Governor Schwarzenegger, started that program.

The highest segment of unemployment in America today is in the building trades, people who build roads and bridges.

The answer is $300 to $500 billion to get us back to being number one in infrastructure.

And that's frankly, why I -- when somebody asked me about Trump going to, you know, going there for a visit, it's a complete joke. They were the -- had the, you know, the worst safety record of any administration in the history of DOT.