Ray LaHood: “Big, big congratulations to Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe. They worked very hard together.”

The NTSB has been spending an enormous amount of time and their human capital in beginning the investigation at Reagan.

We cannot afford not to do it.

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.

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