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Article: U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Says Northeast Corridor Will be Rebuilt Under President's Amtrak Reform Plan.
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- March 23, 2005
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BOSTON, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The federal government will assume control of the network of tracks and equipment that make up Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and rebuild them under the Bush Administration's proposal to reform Amtrak, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta said during a news conference with Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney today at the State House.
Mineta was in Boston today to meet with Governor Romney to discuss President Bush's commitment to reform of the nation's passenger rail system just weeks after the Administration unveiled a budget that proposed an end to taxpayer subsidies for Amtrak.
"Amtrak is dying, and if we ...