Jack Reed actually said...

"The state of good repair of a railroad, Mr. Gardner, is that a safety concern for Amtrak operations?"

"If PTC is the critical issue and if safety is the most important issue, why did you not go ahead and make as much funding available as you thought could be absorbed?"

"But then yesterday, we were a bit disappointed when we found that DOT decided to change course and make available only the $250 million for PTC implementation."

"The Administration's fiscal year 2019 budget proposed deep cuts to Amtrak funding and asked States to put more skin in the game."