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Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010--Continued

Floor Speech

Date: April 2, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010--Continued -- (Senate - April 02, 2009)

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AMENDMENT NO. 798

Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 798 and ask for its consideration.

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Mr. WICKER. The amendment is very simple and straightforward. It aims to ensure that gun owners and sportsmen are able to transport securely firearms aboard Amtrak trains in checked baggage, a practice that is done thousands of times a day at airports across the country. I emphasize that this amendment deals with checked, secured baggage only. It would return Amtrak to a pre-9/11 practice. It does not deal with carry-on baggage. Unlike the airline industry, Amtrak does not allow the transport of firearms in checked bags. This means that sportsmen who wish to use Amtrak trains for hunting trips cannot do so because they are not allowed to check safely a firearm. I emphasize, this bill deals with checked, secure luggage, not carry-on luggage. It would apply to Amtrak the same as airlines.

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