the Federal Government is a free rider. It doesn't provide operating subsidies and everyone else has to basically underwrite Federal employees using metro.
It just is essential that the person we are dealing with, you know, be above reproach.
It is the national capital transit system serving the capital of the free world.
The Federal Government in one way is a free rider. We do not subsidize the operations of Metro.
Without continued Federal participation, however, this successful capital funding stream would unravel, leaving a massive shortfall in WMATA...
I thank the gentleman, and I have got to say, maybe that is a catchy phrase. It is reminiscent of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon days, wher...
They have got to see themselves as a resource in the event of something emergent.
I don't think we want to settle for that. We will get back to good but we want to get to excellent.
I have talked about what had crept up as becoming a culture of mediocrity, and with respect to customer services, sometimes indifference.
This is not a theoretical question.
We cannot have China bullying our friends and allies in the region, and it is very important that Taiwan understands how important strategic...