if i did not know wenzel barbara told me on the floor yesterday. >> -- 's barbara told me on the floor yesterday. >> senator max baucus. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you for schedule and this hearing. i want to read something and i want everyone to guess who said it, and when it was said. i will begin. "america today lacks a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move immediately and efficiently from one means of transportation to another using the best characteristics of each. the result is waste. waste of human and economic resources, and each of the taxpayers' dollars. modern transportation can be the record, -- rapid conduit of economic growth, or a bottle neck. it could bring jobs, loved ones, and recreation closer to every family or it could bring instead a sudden and purposeless death. it can improve every man's standard of living or multiplied the costs of all the bias. it could be a convenience, or it could frustrate the peace and the way. the choice is ours to make. that was president lyndon johnson, march 2 1966, calling for the establish