There is no passenger rail system in the world that makes money.

we can't address climate change just by adding more lanes, because there isn't more room for more lanes on an Interstate Highway System.

we really need to reposition Amtrak as a modern mode of transportation similar to what we see in Europe and what we see in Japan.

Paper-sack food is clearly not what anyone was paying for on that service.

When we say a single mother in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas deserves access to the same fundamental services as a banker on Wall Street, we're not making an economic assertion--we're making a statement about our country's core values.

Let me just remind you, sir, the last time you were testifying and I was questioning, you promised me, you assured me that Delta, when they merged with Northwest, would not leave the Memphis hub, that the Memphis hub was there in…

We are borrowing $17 billion a year to put into the Highway Trust Fund.

the most efficient way to get people short-hauled between cities in this country is going to be on train.

This is shortsighted and foolish. It is like Delta Air Lines taking away amenities to passengers on their airplanes.

People want to have the food service?

It is important for America.

The Trump administration is withholding approval because they are saying even though the State is going to borrow TIFIA funds.