Anthony Foxx: “Let us do something big. I am ready to work with you and all members of Congress to get something done.”

As you know, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Our bill puts fully $28.6 billion over 6 years into a passenger rail system so that there is multiyear certainty that allows Amtrak to actually plan.

I want to thank you for what I would call your ferocious advocacy on behalf of safety and on behalf of the workers and users of the system.

I want to thank you for being such a great voice for the need to fix the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund and for long-term stability in the funding.