We have seen the consequences of under-investing in our infrastructure.

If you wear it, if you drive it, if you eat it, if you use it, it probably... comes through that area.

I think we always look to experience as an element of quality at the end of the day, and in this case, experience, to me, also equates to safety.

While innovative financing solutions and public-private partnerships can play a role in building the best transit systems possible, they are not a replacement for public sector funding.

It seems to me that unless at the very top there is a clear message throughout the Department that diversity is important...

I think they are the unsung heroes of national security and national interest promotion for our country.

I hope you can do a lot better the next time you are here.

I do not see any real effort to have the Foreign Service reflect the face of America.

I look forward to seeing it.

The State Department has one of the worst records of diversity of all the Federal agencies.

So if nothing changes in terms of how you approach it, nothing will change in terms of the results.

program reforms are not going to fix our transit systems alone if we are not willing to make the necessary investments