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America and what congress can do to help not cutting funding like we saw today? >> the first thing i want to reiterate based on what secretary carter said this is a tragedy and it is a painful day to realize that weve lost life on passenger rail in southeastern pennsylvania. thousands of my constituents use that rail liner single day. and in terms of the funding, whether this is a human error or whether it was an aging infrastructure problem, its clear we need to reinvest in our passenger rail s...

Of life and lost lives. this is simple. >> amtrak ridership soared by about 50% in the last 15 years, obviously, they havent been able to accommodate this. use on the northeast corridor hit an all time high last year. you know its just our general reflection, willie getting on one of these train, riding in them, they feel old, completely out of date. >> especially the one that crashed yesterday. the asela feels a little more modern. although it doesnt travel nearly as fast as it should for a hig...

Chamber of commerce and the koch brothers, this whole infrastructure is the problem. a legacy needs to address that infrastructure problem. >> we talk about the mind set to compromise. we are back to the clinton years and there were compromises between the impeachment and the rise and all of that. if you look at the first term for president, thats the most accomplished congress and they pass more big things than you have seen with lbj. they were able to get health care and stimulus and all these...

Industry employs millions of people. and the technology josh talks about is more expensive than the infrastructure in place. >> we have a huge cost problem. theres the infrastructure problem. >> especially when you have as you say these politically active and money spending oil companies supporting their interests in washington and politicly telling one to kick it down the road than barring it off the bat. >> there is this investment problem, right? i mean, the fossil fuel companies, that is the...

About is more expensive than the infrastructure in place. >> we have a huge cost problem. theres the infrastructure problem. >> especially when you have as you say these politically active and money spending oil companies supporting their interests in washington and politicly telling one to kick it down the road than barring it off the bat. >> there is this investment problem, right? i mean, the fossil fuel companies, that is their -- they need investment constantly to -- thats the fuel that the...

Infrastructure in place. >> we have a huge cost problem. theres the infrastructure problem. >> especially when you have as you say these politically active and money spending oil companies supporting their interests in washington and politicly telling one to kick it down the road than barring it off the bat. >> there is this investment problem, right? i mean, the fossil fuel companies, that is their -- they need investment constantly to -- thats the fuel that they run on. >> but youre not -- wha...

I guarantee after this winter if you look at the potholes that are all across big chunks of the united states that people would like to see an infrastructure built. >> from busted up roads to just going bust. the president acknowledges that we have an infrastructure problem. heres the dilemma. the highway trust fund will be dried up by august. thats just fine. let it go. explain your flip side. >> well, i think we need more private ownership of growth. we could do things a lot faster. there was ...

President can do on this matter. >> urgent versus important is the question. >> $41 billion, i think you get it, $41 billion weather events in 2013 around the world. 41, that was an all-time record. its not just podesta that believes that. a lot of people say okay, lets not debate whos right, manmade or just nature thats happening. the fact of the matter its happening. and i wonder if theres too much -- i know some environmentalists are frustrated with that portion of the debate. but maybe you s...

>> urgent versus important is the question. >> $41 billion, i think you get it, $41 billion weather events in 2013 around the world. 41, that was an all-time record. its not just podesta that believes that. a lot of people say okay, lets not debate whos right, manmade or just nature thats happening. the fact of the matter its happening. and i wonder if theres too much -- i know some environmentalists are frustrated with that portion of the debate. but maybe you steer away from it and say it does...

We have yet to win, despite spending trillions. you look callous if you dare ask any politician still starving for funds. theyre starving because theyre controlling, and theyre wasting, and theyre stealing, and theyre hiding, and theyre saying that those who dare question their good intentions havent any good in them at all. its not callous to ask where all of this dough is going. it is callous not to, because this isnt about paying for another bridge to nowhere. this is about digging an even de...