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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
Their aim is consistent with their broader agenda, which is to eliminate Amtrak and let private corporations--by the way, many of them foreign--to cherry pick those parts of the Amtrak system that can yield them the highest profits.
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Michael Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Capuano accuses opponents of wanting to eliminate Amtrak for corporate profit.

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