07/07/2009
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"I believe passenger rail is an absolutely essential part of solving our transportation challenges."
"We need the kind of skills that you have developed on the reviews of what is happening on our National Transportation Safety Board."
"There is an enormous opportunity around a renewed level of investment in passenger rail."
"About 5,000 people a year die from crashes involving large trucks. The NTSB estimates that between 30 and 40 percent of these crashes involve fatigue."