Trent Lott: “First, when Air Force One takes the President down to his ranch in Texas, guess what. Horrors, the plane lands at an…”

The amendment would modify the bill's competition pilot program to allow an unlimited number of existing Amtrak routes to be open to competition from freight rails that seek to operate passenger trains in exchange for Amtrak's current…

I can't help but feel honored and humbled by all that has been said here. My mother would have loved it and would have believed it all. I feel totally inadequate to properly respond to much of what has been said. I thank my colleagues one…

I think one of the best infrastructure visions we could have as a country today would be to create high-speed passenger rail service that moves people economically and efficiently around the country. The irony is, as long as we continue to…

I also think this is a classic chicken-and-egg deal. We tell Amtrak we want them to do better, but yet we don't offer any reforms, challenges, responsibilities to do better. We throw rocks and say: Why aren't you providing better service…