07/31/2012
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"We urge the Senate to include similar provisions in its reauthorization bill."
"Two years ago, we took a major step forward, and I used passenger rail as a companion with my law to reauthorize Amtrak."
"We have to keep goods moving swiftly throughout the country, and that's why I recently introduced the Freight Act."
"Trains are 17 percent more energy efficient than airplanes, and over 20 percent more efficient than cars."