Dan Lipinski: “I would encourage your Committee to consider ways of expanding the program both in terms of breadth across the country…”

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.

I hope you take very seriously the credibility that you will lose by engaging in these furloughs.

The rampant delays affecting Amtrak's trains threaten the railroad's growth and even its long-term viability as an operator.