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Bob Wise: “Yes, a number of us voted for this bill because we were told certain things would happen. They did not happen. This bill…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1997
Yes, a number of us voted for this bill because we were told certain things would happen. They did not happen. This bill went absolutely nowhere in the Senate because of the very provisions that are in the bill today: Labor protection, indemnification, limitation of liability, resulting in Amtrak coming to a quick halt. If we are serious about wanting Amtrak to keep running, and I want it to run through West Virginia just as much as the gentleman does from New York. If we are serious about wanting it to keeping running, we have to recognize the realities. We can pass this bill without a lot of burdensome baggage on it and we can get it then moving to the Senate and to the President, who, incidentally, has threatened to veto over some of the same provisions they insist on keeping in this bill. We do not have to go down this track again.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia
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Discussing the challenges facing Amtrak and the implications of a bill during a House floor debate.

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