Joe Biden: “But the Senator wanted to do it, and he could not jurisdictionally do it. That is why I appreciate his support for the…”

“But the Senator wanted to do it, and he could not jurisdictionally do it. That is why I appreciate his support for the Byrd amendment as well. That is the only place we could pick up a piece of Amtrak. I see my friend from New York. There are a million people in Penn Station today--more people, as I said--sitting at rush hour in an aluminum tube underneath New York City than a half dozen full 747s, and we are doing nothing about it. I thank the Senator from Maryland. He has done a great job. And I thank Senator Shelby. I hope we can move it.”