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John Mica: “If we privatized the Northeast Corridor, opened it to competition--we will just say opened it to private…”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
If we privatized the Northeast Corridor, opened it to competition--we will just say opened it to private competition--Amtrak would be put out of business in a nanosecond because it is still a Soviet-style train operation.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Mica argues for privatizing Amtrak to improve competition and efficiency.

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