Peter DeFazio: “I thank the gentleman--in particular, his advocacy on high-speed rail.”

Donald Trump came in and promised us $2 trillion, delivered nothing.

I also want to thank Chairman DeFazio in particular for his work in shaping this legislation.

We can't allow $1 to go to Wall Street before fixing operational issues and concluding contract negotiations.

So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility charge so we have a user fee which pays…