"As this committee prepares to reauthorize surface transportation programs, it is critically important for commuter rail agencies to continue to look for ways to improve service while reducing costs."
"the 8(a) is a hand up, not a handout."
"the government is, or at least should be here to assist in times of need, not hold your hand cradle to grave."
"One of the comments that we seem to get in the Small Business Committee is some of these applications can be tedious and cumbersome and really hard to navigate so it is nice to see that it is starting..."
"The name on the front of the jersey means more than the name on the back."
"He said had he known the importance of that high-speed broadband, reliable, he would not have placed his business in rural Minnesota."
"I think you folks are at the ground level to help us get that mapping right."
"Rural America matters. Rural Minnesota, rural Maine matters."
"It is important for our community. We are going on 30 years, and it is not easy, especially when you have the ability to have more of a return on your investment."
"For me, one driver on a schoolbus is too much, one in this entire country because the safety of our kids is paramount."
"they were able to save thousands of dollars because the Federal tax on a barrel of beer was cut in half."