"We're up for this fight."
"People should expect their government to always fight for them, their representatives to fight for them."
"I refuse to let my constituents be treated like collateral damage in the way of railroad profits."
"Do you trust the big railroads to regulate themselves?"
"I introduced the Railway Safety Act last March. It is one of those bills--I think maybe the only--that both former President Trump and President Biden have supported."
"We need to make sure workers have sufficient time to perform proper safety inspections."
"My constituents saw a toxic fireball fly over their houses after this derailment, one that shouldn't have happened."
"My point is, we have got to pass the darn bill."
"It seems to me the railroad wanted to get the trains moving again, putting their profit, their lust for profit above the safety of my constituents."
"I think what we saw in this derailment and in conduct thereafter is they cannot be trusted."
"I think any American who sees that comes home and says, 'Why can't we have something like this?'"