Trent Lott: “First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need…”

I also think this is a classic chicken-and-egg deal. We tell Amtrak we want them to do better, but yet we don't offer any reforms, challenges, responsibilities to do better. We throw rocks and say: Why aren't you providing better service…

I can't help but feel honored and humbled by all that has been said here. My mother would have loved it and would have believed it all. I feel totally inadequate to properly respond to much of what has been said. I thank my colleagues one…

I again say to Senator Lautenberg, I have enjoyed working with him on transportation issues--from aviation to highways to highway safety and certainly the rail area and most particularly with regard to Amtrak and the national rail…

I have been watching the Congress pretty closely now for 35 years as a Member of the House and the Senate, and I have been involved in end of sessions 19 times in the Senate, but I must say, it is about as big a mess as I have ever seen…