Our committee worked in a bipartisan fashion, was incredibly productive over the last 2 years.

The committee will come to order. Good morning. I want to welcome you all here to the first full committee hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 115th Congress.

Our goal is the same level of success for this Congress, so get ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work.

I look forward to working with each and every one of you during this Congress, which I believe will be a very, very busy Congress.

The Federal Government also made a mistake in reallocating the money back to Amtrak because it crushed the competition.

I also want to strongly associate myself with Mr. DeFazio, what he said. He has hit the nail right on the head.

I applaud Secretary Foxx, who is actually taking a step in this direction.

One thing you can't legislate is good governance. But you can do things to make sure we have the best people possible sitting around the table.

I think this will put people with more qualifications and more experience around the board table at Metro.

You have to first demonstrate that you deploy those dollars efficiently to get things done.

I think Congressman Delaney's testimony was spot on.