I came to Washington on a message from the American people. They want their tax dollars spent wisely.
If you don't get smart about this, the train is going to stop, regardless of who owns the gavel.
We bring in the inspector general. We task him at looking at where there is waste and inefficiency in this agency.
The worst offender, by far, is Sunset Limited. That is Los Angeles to New Orleans. Every ticket on that route is--was subsidized in 2011, $3...
the taxpayers in those States are paying towards Amtrak subsidization of these money-losing activities, and getting no service.
the average subsidy at that time was $46.33. Again, off the chart in the amount of subsidization by the taxpayers.
if you want to come out and try to keep the status quo and keep things going as they are, I think you are undoing yourself...
I have been trying to put a commuter rail line in since December of 1992 in central Florida...
Let's have an honest debate about the future of rail transportation, passenger rail transportation, in America.
Amtrak is a Government-subsidized, taxpayer-subsidized operation. Megabus, on the other hand, is a private sector operation that actually ma...
Amtrak subsidies, whether it is for capital or operation are not manna from heaven, they are actually dollars out of the Federal treasury.