Bob Menendez: “this morning, another set of apparently coordinated attacks took place on the London subway and bus system. So, once…”

“this morning, another set of apparently coordinated attacks took place on the London subway and bus system. So, once again, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of London, and our minds should be riveted back here in the United States: Madrid should have been our wake-up call; the bombings in London should have been our reminder. How much longer must we wait for this Congress to act to secure the over 14 million Americans who use a public transit system every day to get to work? What are the consequences in the loss of lives and the economic ripple effect upon an attack on such a system? And instead of acting on a wake-up call, the Congress seems to be hitting the snooze button. In fact, we seem to be moving backwards. Just last week, the Senate voted to cut transit security funding by one-third. How many warnings do we need before we take action? And who among us will be satisfied to say, well, we did not act fast enough, when someone we know, some constituent, some family member dies in a transit attack? ____________________”