House Proceeding on Jun 14th, 2006 :: 0:50:20 to 0:52:39
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John W. Olver: chairperson of the subcommittee on rail on the authorizing committee. ms. brown: it's been over two years since the train bombing in madrid. and almost a year since the rail bombing in london. and

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Corrine Brown: we still have our heads in the sand in this country. we are waiting until another country tries to take over our ports before we get serious about port security. i pray that it doesn't take a

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Speech By: Corrine Brown

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Corrine Brown: disaster for us to care about rail security. we spend billions and billions of dollars on aviation and highways, but our rail system repeatedly gets shortchanged by this bush administration

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Corrine Brown: and this congress. even though five times as many people -- the chairman: the chair wishes to inform the gentleman from massachusetts he must remain on his feet. the gentlewoman is recognized.

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Corrine Brown: ms. brown: even though five times as many people take trains as planes every day. and why freight demands is expected to double by 2020. i was recently in several european countries meeting

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Corrine Brown: with their transportation officials about rail security. and i can assure my colleagues that the united states is way behind all other countries in rail infrastructure and investment. every

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Corrine Brown: industrialized country in the world is investing heavily in rail, infrastructure because they realize that this is the future of transportation. but sadly as this system gets bigger and better,

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Corrine Brown: our system gets less and less money. this amendment which provides just $30 million in the rail line allocation and improvement program is a good start in providing the money that our rail

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Corrine Brown: system must have to meet the needs of an ever-expanding freight and passenger rail system. it is time that we start investing and improving our rail system in this country. and i encourage

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Corrine Brown: all of my colleagues to support the freight and passenger rail by supporting this amendment. and i yield back the balance of my time. mr. olver: reclaiming my time, mr. chairman. i really

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John W. Olver: want to point out that yesterday we had a huge amendment to add funding to amtrak. an amendment that involved over $200 million of additional outlay, budget outlay for amtrak. i supported

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Speech By: John W. Olver