(Source: The Hill opinion column by Larry Willis, July 3, 2018. Larry Willis is president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, America’s national passenger rail service, was created to do what freight railroads could not: Provide reliable and efficient passenger rail services to communities and people across this country. Yet, since it was created nearly half a century ago, Amtrak has never received full funding from Congress.
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