Ray LaHood: “President Obama has made it very clear that, in the Stimulus bill, the lion's share... will not be earmarked money.”

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.

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.

We cannot afford not to do it.

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