So the more private-sector involvement would decrease the need for Federal funding?

The President has requested $825 million to implement positive train control...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We need to find a way so you can employ more people, but anyway, thank you for that.

It seems to us that the clear reading of the Historic Preservation Act that if someone believes there is a cultural, historic value there, they come forward to show that there is; not that we have to prove the negative.

I appreciate you recognizing me and allowing me to give a short statement about an issue in my congressional district that is very near to my heart.

I am from Texas. I am a business guy for 42 years, and I am a big believer in the private sector.

high taxes eventually will strangle a business.

sometimes fewer regulations and fewer taxes kind of creates competition.

He touched my heart and soul and I'm of a generation where I really believe that on that moment, on that moment the world changed.

It's hard to describe. It sometimes gets emotional. It eventually empowered me to do something for my country. The idea that I'm here today in the United States Congress, a lot of it started on that day.