Sessions Introduces Rail Act

SESSIONS INTRODUCES RAIL ACT

Legislation will save taxpayer dollars by requiring Amtrak to eliminate money-losing routes and services

Washington, Nov 3 - U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) today announced that he introduced the Reforming Amtrak's Inefficient Lines Act (the RAIL Act, H.R. 4214), a bill designed to cut Amtrak's operating costs by eliminating money-losing routes and services.

Sessions, a Member of the House Budget Committee and Chairman of the Results Caucus, introduced the RAIL Actas part of his effort to trim the nation's fiscal burden by eliminating or significantly reducing wasteful and inefficient government programs that burden American taxpayers.

"Congress has a duty to be responsible with taxpayer money," said Sessions. "If we continue to spend it to subsidize services that do not operate efficiently, we are giving the taxpayers a raw deal.

"Instead, we should lessen the burden on taxpayers by reducing or eliminating wasteful and inefficient government spending," Sessions continued. "One way we can do this is by eliminating routes and services on which Amtrak consistently loses money."

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