On the recordJune 22, 2009
We need to increase the use of passenger rail enormously, not just for passengers but for freight.
Source
congress.govWe need to increase the use of passenger rail enormously, not just for passengers but for freight.
Stressing the need for expanded passenger and freight rail usage.
Share & report
More from Jay Rockefeller
We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.
I am interested in the children who still have to be reached out to, in the Alabamas and West Virginias and Pennsylvanias and Ohios, et cetera.
Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.