"the new Transit Safety Oversight Program, what is going to happen to that with sequestration in terms of implementation?"
"I just got--my most recent numbers I have are that the National State of Good Repair Assessment estimates that $77.7 billion of the assets for the entire transit industry are past their expected perio..."
"I have been on an issue for quite some time now, and we are talking about the logbooks and we are talking about safety, that is all great, but you know, I know, people in the audience know that a lot ..."
"I mean, if you see this cliff coming, you know, have you made the States aware of it, because if they have a 2-year project where the payout would be in 2015, that might be a problem."
"the critical worker protections provided by the 2012 Final Rule did not go into effect as planned"
"keeping our transit system safe goes hand in hand with bringing our aging systems into a state of good repair."
"I mean, we killed some people here in DC because of the outmoded equipment, and so I am sure elsewhere we have problems."
"We are continuing some of the work that I think you had identified and had GAO do with regard to additional studies on the impact of detention time on driver safety."
"I wanted to reiterate the comments of my colleagues about the importance of comprehensive immigration reform."
"I am hopeful that your agency would be supportive and helpful in that effort."
"There is a theory that the catch will become so much more valuable that..."
"It seems like we would all come out ahead."