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

You noted in your testimony that most of the expected losses are the results of mortgages from previous years.

Congress, independent studies, previous administrations have all pointed to and voted for and funded Yucca Mountain as the Nation's best option for a nuclear repository.

Also, are you going to be expanding your staff with expertise in electrical and computer engineering for both vehicle safety investigations and regulations?

this is going to cost billions of dollars.

The jobs created from these projects are critical to Clark County, where unemployment has now topped 14 percent.

over the last 30 years, Congress, independent studies, previous administrations have all pointed to and voted for and funded Yucca Mountain as the Nation's best option for a nuclear repository.

It seems that every day there is a new report out there on the state of the housing market.

I would assume that a blue ribbon panel would not just say we are going to take this one off the table.

It may take more than being stern.

So you really need that legislation.

I really want to thank you and Assistant Secretary Darcy for coming out, visiting the dam and seeing first-hand how important this is to all the people in the Green River Valley below it.

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 ridership levels and revenues and public benefits, projects costs.

How much of the $14 billion will actually cover the costs that are expected to result from additional risk and how much will be used to provide incentives to lenders or help extinguish second liens?

I wanted to ask you what you've been able to do, within your current authority that you have, to make sure transit systems are safe without that legislation.

You don't expect to see new requirements, even though we have said this funding can be for longer-term projects.

I am told there is a list available somewhere in the administration of the barriers that exist. Is that available?

I am concerned that this could provide some serious instability in the market.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), all Amtrak stations are supposed to be accessible by July 26 this year.

Basically, we want to see more transparency at the Federal level.

We believe that we can handle that.

We require more information if we are to give the proposal serious consideration.

I think you're absolutely on the mark, that, in order to reinvigorate domestic manufacturing, there needs to be the belief that this is going to be sustainable.

I'm glad the administration is not submitting budget requests that would guarantee the bankruptcy of Amtrak anymore.

But I would assume that a blue ribbon panel would not just say we are going to take this one off the table.