02/03/2010
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"Two years ago, we took a major step forward, and I used passenger rail as a companion with my law to reauthorize Amtrak."
"I, for one, believe that we have to make sure that there is more investment in passenger rail, in freight rail."
"Trains are 17 percent more energy efficient than airplanes, and over 20 percent more efficient than cars."
"We have to keep goods moving swiftly throughout the country, and that's why I recently introduced the Freight Act."