(rshsdepot) FW: [FriendsOfAmtrak] Digest Number 38

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

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> Friends of Amtrak by Craig S. O'Connell
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>       1. MAJOR STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK ON TODAY=92S SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
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>            From: Craig O'Connell <crocon_@_mindspring.com>
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> Message: 1
>    Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:43:22 -0500
>    From: Craig O'Connell <crocon_@_mindspring.com>
> Subject: MAJOR STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK ON TODAY=92S SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Contact: Dan Stessel or Karina Van Veen, 202 906-3860
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> January=A015, 2003
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> STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK ON TODAY=92S SENATE APPROPRIATIONS VOTE
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> WASHINGTON - Amtrak President David L. Gunn made the following=20
> statement today:
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> "Earlier today I met with Senator Patty Murray of the Appropriations=20
> Committee concerning Amtrak funding for FY '03.=A0 I updated Senator=20
> Murray on the progress being made to stabilize Amtrak's operations and=20
> finances and to bring tight new fiscal controls to bear on the=20
> company.=A0 I also repeated my concern that federal funding
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> less than $1.2 billion in FY '03 will take us right back to the=20
> near-shutdown we experienced last summer.
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> Senator Murray informed me that she intends to offer an amendment to=20
> the omnibus appropriations bill being considered this afternoon to=20
> restore Amtrak funding to the $1.2 billion that is necessary to=20
> maintain service.=A0 I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership,=20
> as well as those in the Senate who support this amendment.=A0 If this=20
> amendment is not approved by the Senate today and the funding level=20
> stands as it is in the bill, Amtrak will have no other choice but an=20
> orderly shutdown of all service this spring or sooner.=A0 The funding=20
> level in the bill as it currently stands offers no other alternative=20
> but an orderly shutdown of all Amtrak service.
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> Again, I appreciate Senator Murray's support for our efforts to run a=20
> better, more cost-efficient passenger railroad, as well as the support=20
> of others in the Senate, and look forward to the outcome of this=20
> afternoon's vote."
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