Oversight Hearing on Amtrak
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Excerpt from Oversight Hearing on Amtrak: Hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, January 26, 1995 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:02 p.m. in room SR - 253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Larry Pressler, chairman of the committee, presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Ann Begeman, professional staff members, and Gerri L. Hall, professional staff member; and Clyde Hart, minority senior counsel. Opening Statement of Senator Pressler The Chairman. I will call this full committee oversight hearing on the National Rail Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, to order. During every Congress since 1970, when the Rail Passenger Service Act was enacted, this committee has held at least one hearing on the subject of Amtrak. Throughout all those years of congressional hearings, spanning 25 years, there has been one predominant question: How can Amtrak become self-sufficient? That question remains as the focus of our hearing today. Amtrak was created by Congress in order to free the rail freight industry from the economic burden of providing rail passenger services. It was to receive a one-time authorization of $40 million, and then become self-sufficient. Thus was the continuation of intercity rail passenger service to be assured. Yet here we are 25 years later, and the goal of creating an independent rail passenger service has not been achieved. We are not even close. We must ask why. We also must ask how it is that since Amtrak´s creation, a $40 million, one-time subsidy has grown to more than $15 billion. This is a huge sum contributed by all taxpayers. Yet less than 1 percent of the traveling public uses Amtrak´s services. So I think it is very appropriate that we are here today. I shall place the rest of my statement into the record, because I want to hear the witnesses and my colleagues. [The prepared statement of the Chairman follows:] Prepared Statement of Senator Pressler I am very pleased to call to order this full Committee oversight hearing on the National Rail Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak. During every Congress since 1970 - when the Rail Passenger Service Act was enacted - this Committee has held at least one hearing on the subject of Amtrak. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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