John Mica actually said...

So, today I am introducing a bill to transfer that, and working with the south Florida and the Florida delegation to transfer the damn build...

nobody here should be under the illusion that Congress abdicated its authority and gave the President discretion of where to cut

it seems to me what we are dealing with here is a massive act of legislative malpractice

The problem is sometimes Congress, in that it sets up the parameters by which Amtrak operates.