Peter DeFazio actually said...

"you only need to talk to Chairman DeFazio, who for years made it his personal mission to put together the millions of Federal, State, and local dollars needed to save the Coos Bay line."

"Someday a tunnel is going to collapse, going to cut off the Northeast. We need to rebuild that tunnel, as well as make other major improvements on that line and also look around the country, where we ..."

"According to Amtrak statistics, traveling on the electrified Northeast Corridor system emits 83 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than driving."

"People are sick and tired of spending an hour and a half to drive 20 miles to get home from work."