Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from California for her incredible leadership on this and so many other issues on the House Committee on Armed Services. She has truly built a legacy which will be hard to repeat. Signing up for the…

I mean, it`s insane.

The IIJA appropriated more money for investing in rail than ever before in our Nation's history.

If this is going to be President Biden's legacy, we have got to get cracking on identifying those corridors.

If we're going to fulfill the President's promise of the fastest trains in the world, then they're not going to run on an old-fashioned Northeast Corridor.

President Biden vowed to, quote, 'make sure that America has the cleanest, safest and fastest rail system in the world.'

Madam Speaker, I want to start by thanking my remarkable colleague for his courageous leadership, truly courageous leadership, on this and so many other issues for the House of Representatives. I rise today to celebrate and honor the…

just because many of my Republican colleagues are hypocritical here about this Rescue Plan and the investments that have been able to make in their communities as well, it doesn't mean they are all wrong.

I will agree as a Democrat that the ARP has impacted the current inflation rate.

Let's not lose the bigger picture here.

I think we better check into that, because I have heard from several railroad officials that that is exactly the case.