"Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the state of passenger rail in the South and the work you did to make this possible through the FAST Act."
"Would you agree that our previous experiment with Amtrak across the gulf coast, though desirable, was not an overwhelming success?"
"It appears to me that passenger rail is one of the solutions to distracted driving."
"Mississippi with Senator Wicker and Governor Bryant have been extremely supportive of us of late."
"My advice has been for a considerable period of time is something you have already done, which is put this in the Surface Transportation Bill."
"I think you told me the other day that you feel you are off to a good start?"
"We have to keep it on time."
"Thank you to Senator Booker for the work he did just on the RRIF loans where he really hung out there to make some changes on that."
"Thank you, Senator Booker, and I appreciate your remarks. And it was a pleasure and an honor to work with you on the FAST Act."
"Louisiana has had very little support until their new Governor was elected, and now they are very supportive of what we do."
"Well, we look forward to seeing an accurate force structure based on the current threats."