United Rail Passenger Alliance

Volume 3 Number 16

1. It’s tough to know where to begin. The Amtrak Working Group, led by Congressman Richard Baker of Louisiana has issued the most important government document regarding Amtrak since the final report of the Amtrak Reform Council was issued in December of 2002 by Chairman Gil Carmichael and his blue ribbon panel. The title of the AWG report is “Amtrak in the 21st Century.”The Amtrak Working Group is a part of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and consists of Republican Congressmen Richard Baker, Vernon Ehlers of Michigan, Sam Graves of Missouri, Mark Kennedy of Minnesota, and John Boozman of Arkansas. Democrat members are Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Jerrold Nadler of New York, and Brian Baird of Washington.

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