06/02/2011
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"No one is more disheartened than I with the current unacceptable state of affairs."
"I've spent 21 years of my life working on Metro-related issues, first as a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, then as chairman, and now as a Member of this body."
"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."