David Price: “This is a good idea to make our hearing platform available to colleagues.”

I implore you to see what is at stake here as Fort Bragg needs this investment to be able to respond to the next global crisis.

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.

I certainly pledge to work with my friends across the aisle to rebuild a bipartisan coalition of support for basic science and research.

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…