Chuck Schumer: “I find it rather perplexing that so many of my colleagues are willing to subsidize the basic transportation…”

“I find it rather perplexing that so many of my colleagues are willing to subsidize the basic transportation infrastructure for roads--it is the Federal Government, not the passengers, that pays for roads--we are willing to pay for airports--again, Federal Government money pays for airports, both general aviation and commercial aviation--but we are not willing to do it for rail. It makes no sense, no sense whatever. It is unfair. It is probably geographic. Every State has airports and every State has roads but not every State has Amtrak. So people who do the same thing for air and for roads do not do it for rail.”