"The FTA audit found that Metro didn't have a list of the top 10 safety and hazard concerns."
"Sir, would you identify and would you agree that those are the top 10 things that need to be changed?"
"I think the biggest role of Congress is we are in the prevention business."
"the fact is, is that helps maintain the status quo in good operating order."
"I believe rail, whether it is heavy rail to move cargo in our corridors, whether it is--I will call it heavy rail, to move people in the Northeast Corridor, whether it is our MARC trains or the Virgin..."
"So do you have thoughts or recommendations you would like to make to us?"
"This is a national issue, and it is a mandate."
"I think this is a very good guidance."
"Well, it seems to be that there needs to be a mechanism of communication between labor and management."
"What does it take to have labor and management meet on a regular basis, to have regular communication of things of mutual concern?"
"We learned from this February's snowstorms that the Federal Government in fact cannot function without Metro."