I can't help but note that, as we're in a Presidential election year, that some of the proposals coming out of this committee remind me of the Mitt Romney view of the world, which is we dismantle Amtrak, which he would do by zeroing it out, we cost thousands of Amtrak workers their jobs, we subject Amtrak riders to chaos and uncertainty on the very corridor that he was Governor once, and tragically undermining the Railroad Retirement system.
Capuano criticizes proposals to dismantle Amtrak, linking them to Mitt Romney's views.
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The bank is an example of the fact that the elites of this country believe in democracy for every country in the world except ours.
I think you have an obligation to take a look at it, since between September and now, especially when it impacts millions upon millions of women and African-Americans and Hispanics.
But as we talked about earlier, some degree of equitable distribution of the benefits of a good economy is your job.
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