David Price

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I simply want to add--or to reiterate, I might say--that our subcommittee's fiscal year '15 report required the FAA to work with the Phoenix community on this issue and to report back to the committee on…

I thank the subcommittee chairman for yielding. I simply want to underscore his opposition to this amendment. It would block Amtrak's loan request for $2.5 billion for new Acela high- speed train sets. This loan would make it possible to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Maxine Waters of California

I rise, honestly, in some disbelief that this amendment is actually being offered. Members of Congress and industry stakeholders have been calling for months for the DOT to complete its rulemaking to update the integrity of tank cars that…

I appreciate the chairman yielding. I would simply add an observation about the situation that this and other amendments we may be considering today point to with respect to the pending FAA authorization. It is expiring at the end of this…

I thank the chairman of our subcommittee for yielding, and I want to join him in opposing this amendment. This is an indiscriminate amendment. It cuts programs in transportation and housing without any thought as to their relative merits…

I seek time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to echo his opposition to this amendment, although I do commend Mr. Garrett for his focus on safety and operations. I, too, would like to raise that appropriation to the request level. That is…

I appreciate the chairman's yielding. I want to echo his opposition to this amendment, and I want to echo his praise for the reality check that the gentleman from Illinois has provided us tonight. At various times in the course of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I, too, reluctantly oppose this amendment. The discussion we had earlier about this offset certainly pertains here. We really cannot afford to make this kind of cut--safety-related cut, I might say--to…

This amendment that the gentleman from California has offered is about as indiscriminate as it gets. He apparently has ideas, and those ideas ought to be heard to reform this program, to make it more efficient and more effective and more…

I want to commend my colleague, who does such distinguished work in housing and financial services on her committee, for coming in to this debate today and calling attention to the importance of the TIGER program, and I would just like to…

As for the ideas that are being thrown back and forth here tonight about highway safety and driver safety, the advocates for highway and auto safety who are looking at this bill and evaluating this bill include the Teamsters and the Short…

We have an amendment before us that would strike a provision that has been carried in every transportation appropriations bill since 2009. The section simply grants the Secretary or his representatives the authority to engage in activities…

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), our colleague who is the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, we have all heard about…

I appreciate the chairman's response. I, too, will work with you. This isn't acceptable. We will do our best to help you get the kind of response you need.

Although, as a formality, I will then claim that time, although I am not opposed; I am enthusiastically in support of Mr. Nadler's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no…

My friend Mr. Dent has proposed an increase in an appropriation for a worthy purpose, to install inward-facing cameras on Amtrak locomotives, but his amendment offers another example of why the overall allocation in this T-HUD bill is…

Let me inquire of the chairman, does he plan to claim the time in opposition?

I claim the time in opposition so as to raise objections about the offsets proposed in this amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson

Again, Mr. Chairman, let me say how unfortunate I believe it is that we are dealing with this kind of amendment in this setting here tonight without really having much notice, much ability to understand the full implications. I do think…

I commend my colleague for offering this amendment, and I want to offer my strong support. Mr. Chairman, we are talking here about annualizing the funding--in other words, bringing these people on board permanently--for pipeline safety…

I thank the gentleman for his wise words and join him in wholeheartedly opposing this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Brooks)…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to commend him for offering this amendment. Madam Chair, as he has stressed very effectively, this is simply irrational to freeze these claims where they were in the early 1980s, and it also…