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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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Mica argues for privatizing Amtrak to improve competition and efficiency.

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