If we wanted a great demonstration example of how to do high-speed rail, we look forward to Virginia's application being perhaps more competitive than it was in the first round.

There are so many places to hit in 6 minutes and 54 seconds. Let me, first of all, thank you for all of your work.

Bipartisan support. Let us make sure we get that on the record again.

I look forward to working with you and Senator Sessions and all our colleagues on making sure we do not get to that point.

Simply talking about deficit reduction does not get us anyplace.

the certainty of what our tax policies are, I think, are going to be very critical long-term

That is how legal it is.

I want to echo and make sure I heard what you said.

I mean, I think the rating agencies are able to look at the liabilities there and the liabilities on bonds and make informed decisions.

we have to re-examine what is the right approach.

I do have some of the concerns that Senator Thune has, that, you know, we have to make the financing work the right way.

It is really only a question of when, and whether we are going to do this on our timetable in a way that is not disruptive to the economy or whether it is going to be dictated by the markets.

I cannot think of a better place with higher potential usage and a more willing bipartisan support at this point than the Commonwealth of Virginia.

I would echo what Senator Wyden said in regards to tax reform.

the big chunk of our retirement funds--I can tell you, as a former mayor, we invested in U.S. securities all the time because it is the safest and the right place to put the money.

Ours is actually vested in our Constitution.

Thank you for coming up to Alaska and especially to rural Alaska.

We never used one-time resources for ongoing expenses.

I look forward to working with Senator Cardin and I hope a united bipartisan Senate on that issue.

we cannot afford to be on the track we are on financially for this country because at the end of the day we will hit a brick wall, and there will be nothing available for us to operate.

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