Jason Altmire: “The time has come in southwestern Pennsylvania to implement commuter rail.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 127, line 5, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $5,500,000)''. Page 128, line 11, after the…

Last night the Senate did what great deliberative bodies are supposed to do--they worked together. They compromised. They accommodated other point of views, and they got the job done. Yes, it was a little bit late. It wasn't exactly timed…

We have no additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Simply put, veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis.