Jon S. Corzine: “I rise today to speak with strong support for an amendment that I know my colleague from Delaware, the senior Senator…”

“I rise today to speak with strong support for an amendment that I know my colleague from Delaware, the senior Senator, Joe Biden, will be offering which deals with the issue of rail transportation up and down the east coast--actually across the country, an amendment that provides about $3 billion to enhance the security of our rail transportation network. This happens to be an amendment that I think fits extraordinarily well and is extraordinarily important in providing a comprehensive security package for our transportation network in this country. The tragic events of recent weeks have focused attention on our need to improve the safety and soundness of our transportation network, in particular our airlines. We need to be a little more forward looking. We need to think outside just the events that have occurred to what could occur and where the next tragedies might very well occur. While we are tightening aviation security, we need to address problems that may very well exist in other parts of our transportation system.”