Political Quotes

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for coming today, I appreciate it.

What legislative authority does PHMSA need to update the current schedule?

I urge this committee to take long overdue action on rail safety so passengers and communities with rail in their backyards have a level of safety oversight and protection afforded to other modes of transportation.

Everyone is for roadway safety--I don't question that at all--but it does seem you are making somewhat of a case, if we just leave it to formula grants only, there is no guarantee investment will be made in roadway safety as opposed to if we had the competitive grants for roadway safety, we could better encourage the national policy in investment and infrastructure that actually takes into account safety.