09/20/2016
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"Amtrak should be one of our Nation's great success stories, but it remains one of our Nation's most difficult challenges."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"We spend hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize every form of public transportation--highways, aviation, transit--yet Amtrak gets the short end of the stick."
"Doing away with the cross-country system would be catastrophic for the communities that rely on Amtrak service, and would eliminate thousands of good jobs."