03/17/2010
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"I am very proud that when he was with the astronaut corps, he and Jackie made their home in Clear Lake and he has been a huge community asset."
"In Texas, we have a linear-airport kind of model, where--and again, Senator Hutchison's been very close working with us."
"I think it becomes even more important to have the national part of the system also have the opportunity for high-speed rail to connect into Amtrak."
"So, a State effort is one criteria that would be very important for matching funds, and then, possibly, if you could ease congestion for better service and higher speed rail, that would also be a good..."