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high speed rail press conference union station, dc - may 16
On May 16, 2021, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) called on Congress to increase funding for high-speed rail in the infrastructure package. USHSR President Andy Kunz and Vince Verna of the the International Brotherhood of Teamsters also addressed the audience.
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"Rail is climate infrastructure. For every buck that we're going to put into a car and a bridge, we want to put a buck into rail. We want equity. That's what we're here to demand." said Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez
"Building our national high speed rail network should be as important and historic as Eisenhower building the interstate highway system back in the 1950s, which created the framework for our continued prosperity we all enjoy today," said Andy Kunz, USHSR President
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