We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country.

Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.

I have spent my entire life working to make my community and my country better. And I can't wait to get inside the courtroom to tell my story.

We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive.

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.