Patty Murray actually said...

"I know families in my home State of Washington deeply value our Amtrak service."

"we all need to have a concrete plan, not just for an appropriation here or there, but for how we're going to do this, long into the future."

"It's about people's civil rights. And it's not going to get any easier in the next 5 years, so I'm going to continue to press you on this."

"this could revitalize a domestic industry for manufacturing rail equipment and really help us focus on manufacturing jobs here in the country."