That is unfair to them. And we privatized freight rail way back in 1970 when we started to do something with Amtrak. And we have left it to a monopoly that is a Soviet-style train operation. It is a national joke and disgrace. It costs the taxpayers a fortune, which has to stop.
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Fifteen years later, we see a system that has not complied with the laws that we have passed multiple times.
Again, if you don't have communication, I mean, when they couldn't communicate--and we held funds up a couple of times. I think I participated in that to get your attention.
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