Peter DeFazio actually said...

"I think that these cuts, both on the private-sector side and on the Amtrak side, are putting us on a very downward path."

"Wall Street is setting the terms and pressuring executives, and they aren't concerned about safety."

"The pilots were the backup system. The pilots didn't know it existed."

"I don't think we should be here today. I don't think 346 people should have died, and I believe that this was preventable."