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Chris Coons: “Help me understand how you can justify cuts so deep and so broad in Amtrak funding that has been demonstrated to have a…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
Help me understand how you can justify cuts so deep and so broad in Amtrak funding that has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on getting people off our highways.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Questions the justification for deep cuts to Amtrak funding.

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