Trent Lott: “I know he is committed to getting this legislation completed. There are very few bills that I have seen that have such…”

We're going to go forward, trying to do our part, and we need to count on the administration, the airlines, the entire industry, to do their part.

I too am concerned about some of the costs we have had at Amtrak. In fact, the last time we passed Amtrak reform, I included a provision in that legislation to allow food to be contracted out. Up until that point, it could not even be…

However, like so many of the things that we complain about in the Congress, we looked around, and we found the enemy, and it is us.

I wish to make some opening comments about what happened here and make a plea to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but particularly my own side of the aisle, that we not object to going to consideration of Amtrak legislation. I…