"if we build a high-speed rail, no one is going to force you to take it. You have that freedom of choice that Americans do not have today."
"There is no reason that the Southwest can't be united like the Northeast is."
"I have been a huge supporter of Amtrak for many years in Congress and beyond."
"I just do not understand why we would not be aspiring to be the best in the world, rather than be behind literally everyone else when we talk about building a transportation technology."
"You spoke during your testimony about high-speed rail's potential to renew the American Dream in the form of affordable and equitable housing."
"Thank you for your question Congressman Moulton. Metro looks forward to working with you and members of the 117th Congress to advance the mobility needs of Los Angeles County's ten million residents."
"My bill, the American High-Speed Rail Act, ensures operators are deemed carriers, upholds hard-won protections like Buy America and Davis-Bacon, and requires FRA to promulgate standards and regulation..."
"We fully endorse President Biden's initiatives to improve America's passenger rail experience."
"Without effective enforcement, rules and norms obviously limit our own activity in space but do nothing to impede malign activity by our adversaries."
"As a Marine veteran of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, this is a situation that I know well."
"I remember sitting on the deck of an amphibious ship off the coast of Kuwait before the Iraq invasion and loading ammunition into our rifles that was dated 1967 and 1968 for the Vietnam war."
"So there is a lot to be discussed there in the broader committee."