What I'm asking Congress to do is come back from their vacation, pass a clean bill, which they have done on 20 other occasions, so that the FAA people did not have to go without pay checks and a lot -- thousands of construction workers right in the middle of the construction season are out of work.
LaHood calls for Congress to return and pass a clean bill to prevent job losses.
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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.
It's not uncommon to have a crash in an area where there are residents.
The reason that California wants high-speed rail is because the Governor wanted it. A Republican Governor, Governor Schwarzenegger, started that program.
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.
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