"I may be a freshman but the light has stayed on red."
"There is much to be done to strengthen U.N. peacekeeping, and that has been, as you know, the theme we have been discussing and its various aspects most of the morning."
"And is it also true, to your knowledge, that there is no Federal standard in terms of crashworthiness and safety of passengers on transit systems; there is for rail systems like Amtrak, but there is n..."
"This is an issue that has come out of the regional delegation's examination of the tragedy of June 22nd, this anomaly in Federal regulation where we do regulate for hard railcars on railroad systems, ..."
"So the users are, in fact, certainly paying their fair share."
"I believe that if Congress acts to finalize the $150 million for fiscal year 2010, that D.C., Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia will all find the matching funds to bring together $300 million..."
"It is a great privilege for me to sit up here and welcome back to this committee our distinguished former chairman, Tom Davis."
"Without Tom's visions, this Congress would never have come up with the idea of a $150 million matching grant."
"we also need to have the active commitment of President Barack Obama and his administration to find emergency stimulus dollars for immediate assistance with these infrastructure issues."
"This is the Nation's Capital. It's arguably been called the capital of the free world. And the Federal Government has some responsibility, beyond the initial construction costs, to help make sure that..."
"So I'm going to be an enthusiastic supporter of H.R. 2517 and encourage my colleagues to do the same."