I just want to express that this amendment for a program which is totally authorized, and we are not running above the authorization number on Amtrak by any means at all, but this is a killer amendment for Amtrak to remove all of their capital funds, as this amendment purports to do. So I oppose the amendment, and urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment.
The speaker opposes an amendment that would remove capital funds from Amtrak.
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