[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. NIKI TSONGAS

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 10, 2014

  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 273 held on June 9, 
2014, I intended to vote ``no.'' I oppose Amendment 783 offered by 
Representative Broun to H.R. 4745. Nearly 32 million passengers rely on 
Amtrak for business and recreational travel annually. The Northeast 
Corridor, which runs between Washington, DC and my home State of 
Massachusetts, is one of the busiest and most technically advanced 
tracks in the world. We ought to be investing more in our nation's 
passenger rail system, not less.

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