David Price: “The short answer is yes.”

Mahalo for your time and consideration.

I would like to extend sincerest gratitude to Senator Schatz and Senator Murkowski for the opportunity to testify today.

The Trump administration, I think it is fair to say, weaponized that program, expanded it greatly.

Believe me, this is long overdue. This was one of the more visionary aspects of the Obama recovery plan--$8 billion, in that instance, applied to passenger rail development.