"The threat to transportation is, No. 1, you would knock out a major hub and cause economic disruption."
"$2 million increase in light of the percentage increase that we are seeing of these materials moving on the rails seems like it does not quite meet the challenges."
"We think you have $5 million now that you might be able to spread around a little bit."
"$400,000 for an engine is a lot of fish fries, right?"
"If we are going to continue what we think is this energy renaissance that has been so critical and so important to America's future, we need to figure out safety of the transport of this material."
"I would suggest that we have a whole other group of people we have not talked about, which are the men and women who may be feeling less secure if they are on the rails today transporting this product..."
"You would have to sacrifice property."
"I think that has raised questions not only in our State but across the country."
"What happens if they do not want to get too close to that car?"
"They are experiencing a huge growth in employment and activity, and the roads are pitiful."
"But we constantly have members from the Administration come in and talk about the needs and talk about under-serving, and acknowledge the problems."