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Roger Wicker: “Would you agree that our previous experiment with Amtrak across the gulf coast, though desirable, was not an…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2016
Would you agree that our previous experiment with Amtrak across the gulf coast, though desirable, was not an overwhelming success?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker questions the success of past Amtrak services on the Gulf Coast.

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