Jack Reed actually said...

"There is no question that we have a state of good repair backlog that must be addressed to have safe, reliable, dependable service at the same time that we have the highest ridership in public transit..."

"So my sense, Mr. Hanley, is you would urge us to go back and look at that and try to provide more resources for physical security for bus systems across the country."

"I want to particularly thank you, Mr. Hanley, for your very thoughtful and eloquent sort of discussion of how this issue has broad impact on equality, access to work, you know, getting your share of t..."

"So the first step is for both the manufacturers and the transit agencies to come up with state-of-the-art equipment and then our role would be to authorize on the capital investment necessary to do th..."