Peter DeFazio actually said...

"The facts are undeniable. Freight service in the United States of America--we used to have the best freight rail in the world--is abysmal."

"Let me be crystal clear that if the STB doesn't move more quickly to rise to the occasion, this committee will legislate."

"Rail labor and shippers really haven't agreed on many things, but they both recommend that we do a better job of defining the common carrier obligation."

"We are at a point of crisis, and we have to deal with that crisis meaningfully."