Trent Lott: “I do think that the congestion problem is going to continue to grow until we begin to make tougher decisions.”

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 am submitting Senate amendment No. 3124 to make funds available from the appropriation account Other Procurement, Air Force, to accelerate the deployment of the Associate Intermodal Platform pallet system. The Associate Intermodal…

However, like so many of the things that we complain about in the Congress, we looked around, and we found the enemy, and it is us.

I think one of the best infrastructure visions we could have as a country today would be to create high-speed passenger rail service that moves people economically and efficiently around the country. The irony is, as long as we continue to…