Ray LaHood: “Transportation has always been critical to America's economic health and competitiveness.”

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

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.