(rshsdepot) URGENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - Amtrak Funding

["Kenyon Karl" <kenyon3_@_earthlink.net>]

NARP = National Association of Railroad Passengers



NERAIL Digest - 7 Jan 2003 - Special issue (#2003-22)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:37:42 -0500
From: Craig O'Connell <crocon_@_MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: [FriendsOfAmtrak] URGENT NARP UPDATE
 
URGENT LEGISLATIVE NARP UPDATE
 
Dear Friends of Amtrak,
 
The following was just received by NARP. Please read and act upon this
urgent request.
 
- --Craig O'Connell
Friends of Amtrak
 
 
To NARP Members--January 7, 2003:
The Senate Appropriations Committee plans to consider funding for the
CURRENT fiscal year (2003) this Friday, January 10. Richard Shelby
(R-AL), the transportation subcommittee chairman, is leaning towards an
amount below $1.2 billion. Amtrak President & CEO David Gunn, in a
December 16 to appropriations leaders, reiterated that the $762 million
approved by the House Appropriations Committee "would guarantee
insolvency by spring and the shutting down of the railroad at that
time...there are no easy options to any of us if the funding level
falls below $1.2 billion."
Please telephone your senators' offices--if possible tomorrow
(Wednesday) or Thursday--urging them to work for the $1.2 billion
Amtrak requested even before Gunn's arrival. The Senate switchboard,
202/224-3121, connects to all offices, or see our web site for more
contact information (www.narprail.org). Don't hesitate to call or
e-mail NARP if you have questions or learn information that you think
we should have.
- --Ross B. Capon,
NARP Executive Director
 
 
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Friends of Amtrak by Craig S. O'Connell
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E-mail: crocon_@_connix.com
 
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