Ray LaHood: “President Obama, as you know, is very strong in this area and has spoken out on it on a number of occasions.”

It's going to move goods more efficiently; it's going to create jobs for the economy up in Vermont.

We strongly urge the EU to cease application of ETS to international aviation in order to help accelerate our efforts to forge a global solution on aviation emissions.

I do think that there can be new rules and regulations. And I think while we were at DOT, we promulgated some very strong rules and regulations regarding rail safety.

We have seen these investments improve service. We have seen these investments improve on-time service to the point where now Amtrak is at an all-time ridership high.