No other country in the world allowed its passenger rail service in urban areas to deteriorate as badly as we did--and we are the richest, most powerful, and most technically advanced nation on earth!
Remarks at the Signing of the Urban Mass Transportation Act
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We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.
Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.
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