On the recordMay 21, 2003
You've got to get the road beds fixed for that.
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congress.govYou've got to get the road beds fixed for that.
Discussing the need for infrastructure improvements for rail.
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with respect to the bill before us, it's entitled the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, and you call it 'the largest public transportation initiative,' in your testimony.
Since you mentioned it, the $45 million of the EDA, $40 of that $45 million has already been committed and now EDA is distressed.
Do you believe that there ought to be a public passenger-rail service in this country?
That is not a hard choice, that is an easy choice. Give the money where it is producing jobs.