George Voinovich: “You are making a difference in people's lives.”

I am very proud of the role public transit played in leading a tremendous resurgence in a city that, quite honestly needed help.

My hope is that enough progress would have been made on this that you all could say that this is off the high-risk list.

We still believe that identifying long-term funding for all of the reform efforts would help, especially as the money becomes tighter and congressional decisionmakers such as yourself have to prioritize.

So often people get lost in the shuffle here, and I have several cases here, I mean, unbelievable situations where people have been out there delayed.