GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said "interestingly he [Obama] has chosen Fantasyland as the place for his address."

Your morning transportation speed-read:

A woman was arrested for boarding an airplane in Dallas with a gun.

A proposal has been made not to have a new line on Washington, D.C.'s MetroRail stop at Dulles International Airport.

The Department of Transportation is providing $3.5 million to the University of Illinois to set up a rail center.

The average age of cars on the road in the United States today is 10.8 years old.

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) offered a lengthy defense of a controversial high-speed railway Wednesday during his state during his State of the State address.

Brown, who is in his second tour of being governor of California, said in his remarks to state lawmakers that critics of the proposal, who are mostly Republicans, were people "who believe that California is in decline.

"This is not a new idea," Brown said according to prepared remarks. "As governor the last time, I signed legislation to study the concept. Now thirty years later, we are within weeks of a revised business plan that will enable us to begin initial construction before the year is out.

"President Obama strongly supports the project and has provided the majority of funds for this first phase," he continued. "It is now your decision to evaluate the plan and decide what action to take. Without any hesitation, I urge your approval."

The government charged that Boeing built the plant in a non-union state to retaliate against unions in Washington State.

House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica said the fatal Italian accident showed more legislation could be necessary.

Rep. Jeff Landry (La.) and 20 other House Republicans introduced legislation this week that would limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to operate as long as they are headed by appointees who were recess-appointed while the Senate was not in recess.

The bill is a reaction to President Obama’s Jan. 4 appointment of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB, and three other appointees to the NLRB. Republicans in both the House and Senate said these appointments were an illegal power grab, as the Senate was not in recess, and instead was holding pro forma sessions every few days.

Your morning transportation speed-read:

The founder of Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pushing a high-speed rail project in upstate New York.

The panel overseeing a proposed high-speed rail in California has a new chairman.

The captain of the wrecked cruise ship in Italy has been placed on house arrest.

The aviation industry is hopeful lawmakers will act quickly to prevent another shutdown off the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union is taking aim at a pair of vulnerable House Republicans for backing a controversial provision in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. 

The CWA radio ads slam freshmen Reps. Chip Craavack (R-Minn.) and Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) for putting "special interest politics over the needs of the American people." 

"Enough! Quit playing games with our jobs, our infrastructure, and our future," the ads say. 

Cravaack and Duffy are among the House Republicans most at risk of losing their seats in the 2012 election, according to The Cook Political Report’s race ratings.  

A CWA spokesman said the radio ads would run until the end of the week in Cravaack and Duffy's congressional districts. The spokesman said it is the union's policy not to disclose the total cost of the ad buy.