David Price: “I want to commend you for the work you have done in stressing sustainability, in stressing the importance with these aid…”

Immigration reform would not solve all of our problems at the border, but without reform we are knowingly accepting a status quo that has become increasingly untenable.

I thank the chairwoman for those kind and generous words. And I do rise in strong support of this critical legislation. As chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, or T-HUD as we…

We have got to do something legislatively and play a role in helping to get our Nation in a better place.

I noted in my opening statement that, like Amtrak Joe, I consider myself an advocate for passenger rail.