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Anthony Foxx: “Our bill puts fully $28.6 billion over 6 years into a passenger rail system so that there is multiyear certainty that…”

On the recordApril 21, 2015
Our bill puts fully $28.6 billion over 6 years into a passenger rail system so that there is multiyear certainty that allows Amtrak to actually plan.
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Anthony Foxx

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Foxx outlines the funding commitment for passenger rail in the GROW AMERICA Act.

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