Dan Lipinski: “Americans need jobs. This fact was emphasized once again last Friday with the release of June's unemployment numbers.”

Ultimately, the furloughs and long-distance service cuts are misguided, and weaken our national passenger rail service.

I really have some deep misgivings about my own decision to pull that amendment.

I believe that Congress needs to act quickly to prevent furloughs and avoid long-distance service cuts.

Amtrak must heed and not ignore Congress' desire that it work well with others.