I understand that, Judge, and I agree that that is how the project was initially sold. It's interesting, you know, you never hear of a highway project being sold on private investment because frankly, the business community does not see a…

That's going to take a lot of space.

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.

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.

There is no reason that the Southwest can't be united like the Northeast is.

You spoke during your testimony about high-speed rail's potential to renew the American Dream in the form of affordable and equitable housing.

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.

We fully endorse President Biden's initiatives to improve America's passenger rail experience.

We've actually--Judge, we've actually transferred about $158 billion in general funds, so you know, not quite twice as much but almost twice as much as we've invested in Amtrak in its entire history into the Highway Trust Fund.

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 regulations for high-speed rail.

Without effective enforcement, rules and norms obviously limit our own activity in space but do nothing to impede malign activity by our adversaries.