Patty Murray actually said...

railroads are supposed to deploy the positive train controls (PTC) by 2015.

Okay. Well, in order to decide which projects you're going to fund through this program, you're going to have to rely on forecasts of riders...

we all need to have a concrete plan, not just for an appropriation here or there, but for how we're going to do this, long into the future.

Well, as Senator Bond mentioned, we're talking about billions of dollars. Do you have a plan for how to get there?