House Proceeding 01-28-09 on Jan 28th, 2009 :: 2:06:00 to 2:07:25
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John W. Olver: colleagues to vote no. kill this bad idea before multiplies. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from mr. olver: mr. chairman, how much time do i have. thchair: three minutes. mr. olver: thank you, again, mr. chairman. mr. chairman,

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: remind my colleagues. amtrak provides inner city passenger rail service over approximately 20,000 miles in 46 states, which are owned by private freight rail roads, but it also owns and maintains 1,000 miles of track particularly in the northeast corridor and half

2:06:40 to 2:07:02( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: of all of amtrak's passengers are carried in the northeast corridor. amtrak has been consistently under capitalized during its 37 years of existence. the department of transportation's inspector general estimates that amtrak's capital backlog on the northeast corridor alone exceeds 0 billion to reach a state of good

2:07:03 to 2:07:22( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: repair. some bridges date to the late 1800's. electric traction system between new york and washington was funded by the works progress administration as part of a 1930 stimulus bill. economic stimulus.