03/25/2014
https://congress.gov...
"Metro was facing multiple crises, a crisis in leadership, a crisis in safety, a crisis in commuter and stakeholder confidence, and a crisis in funding."
"where you stand is where you sit. Where my constituents stand is that the Federal Government gets a free ride every day on Metro, because it doesn't pay operating subsidies."
"We need the FRA and its resources and capabilities because the FTA doesn't have it right now."
"You were not there?"