It is unfortunate, because it means that time has been lost, that we are not creating jobs.

The United States spends .8 percent of our GDP on rail infrastructure, which is far less than China and India.

I think this bill can take us a long way toward solving this problem and really helping many families in our country to have an accurate credit score.

I can't help but note that, as we're in a Presidential election year, that some of the proposals coming out of this committee remind me of the Mitt Romney view of the world, which is we dismantle Amtrak, which he would do by zeroing it…

Their aim is consistent with their broader agenda, which is to eliminate Amtrak and let private corporations--by the way, many of them foreign--to cherry pick those parts of the Amtrak system that can yield them the highest profits.

But let's be clear. Fair, open, and balanced competition isn't what Mr. Chambers and his clients are looking for here.

It is--the irony is not lost on me, and I'm sure most others, that we're here on 9/11 discussing proposals that would, unfortunately, dismantle Amtrak on the very day when, 11 years ago, Amtrak workers, among other transportation workers…

Mr. Chairman, I have had some good-tasting whoppers in my time, but this is a whopper of a bad idea if I ever heard one, trading good paying jobs with benefits for cheaper cheeseburgers.

The notion that the problem in America today with the financial institutions is too much regulation--once a week we get a demonstration that is not true.

These are the very same people who thought you were doing too much probably most of the time.

I happen to agree with them; I voted against that repeal. And I wish they had voted against that repeal, as well, but they didn't.