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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqrf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:18 a.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Patty Murray (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Murray, Lautenberg, and Collins. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH C. SZABO, ADMINISTRATOR OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PATTY MURRAY Senator MURRAY. This subcommittee will come to order. This morning we are holding a hearing on the President's budget request for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the budget request for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak). I want to welcome the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Ad- ministration, Mr. Joseph Szabo, and Amtrak's President and CEO, Mr. Joe Boardman. Thank you both for being here this morning, and we look forward to your testimony. We are now at a pivotal moment for our Nation's transportation policy. Over the last several years, we have made important invest- ments in our rail infrastructure. But the recent focus in the Con- gress on budget cuts has created a race to the bottom that will make it difficult to continue those investments. Rail offers an environmentally sound and efficient alternative to move people and goods. It creates jobs, reduces the price of goods being shipped, and helps commuters across the country get to work. Our population is projected to reach 420 million by mid-century, almost 140 million more than in 2000. If you think travel on our roads and at our airports are crowded today, just wait. Building more and wider roads will not be enough. We have to look to other alternatives such as passenger rail for the future. But we need to be smart about building intercity passenger rail in a way that works with our systems of road and aviation. We need to make targeted investments where it makes economic sense

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