On the recordJune 26, 2012
I understand all the points that you raise as far as who is using the system, New Jersey people and New York people. But I can make that exact same argument about the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and our transit area as well, and we don't have a $150 million extra earmark in for our area. Already, the D.C. metro area is getting $1.5 billion from Congress, from the U.S. taxpayers from Colorado to Oklahoma to Tennessee for this system, and now they're getting $150 million more. But all the tourists that come up from all over the United States to visit my metropolitan area in New York/New Jersey, we're not getting an extra $150 million, and we have the same exact concerns as far as safety and maintenance and the rest. So the constituents in my area are saying, Why is it that only the constituents down here get this extra earmark and we don't see the same thing for other metropolitan areas? I thank the gentleman for yielding.
