I think it is a good program that you folks developed, and we embraced it and moved forward with it.

Imminent in Washington could mean a decade.

I think this committee expects answers. I think the families are owed answers. I think the American public is looking to make sure that rail is safe across our entire Nation.

I think the families deserve to hear what those solutions are, but more importantly, that those solutions are actually put into place.

I also want to thank Ranking Member Capuano for quickly going up to Philadelphia and really surveying the situation with me.

Yes, we do support putting a real price on carbon.

America always does the right thing after it has exhausted every other option.

We have got 6 months to act, and to everybody that knows Washington, pressure is a great thing for us to have here.

What we have to come up with is an operational model that works for the United States, not for other countries.

It has got to be safety, safety, safety.

Pennsylvania is the worst of the worst up there with bridges.