“Current organizations have served us well, but they are not going to get us to the next level where we need to be. We need more strength and more focused work on the real public-policy issues.”
“Katrina is a catalyst for these discussions because of CSX's commitment to helping the Coast recover and because of the obvious need to resolve this question in the near-term. We're talking about another east-west thoroughfare for traffic. We've got to know whether that's viable in the near-term; we can't wait years.”
“We will get behind the Governor's Commission on Recovery and Redevelopment and break it down by various areas. At the end of the day, it's the business sector that will drive the recovery of the Coast. They will do it with their investment dollars and with their leadership.”
