Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I want to start by commending this committee for your efforts, through MAP-21 and then the FAST Act, to create a comprehensive framework of safety standards for Metro and all of the Nation's transit s..."

"The challenges facing Metro are significant, and I welcome collaboration between our two committees to ensure robust oversight over Metro's management of Federal dollars and adherence to Federal safet..."

"You have asked a very, very important question, and I would just say, when we wrote FITARA, we decided to make it less prescriptive and more expansive."

"This time, there will be a fight. And I think it will be bipartisan."