The American people have a right to safe and reliable public transportation. We know there are Americans that use the rail systems to move around the country and to see family and friends. There is no argument to that fact. Americans like the rails and they want them to be safe.
I beseech Mr. Boardman to make testimony before Congress, both the House and Senate to prove the upgrades Amtrak needs to provide safe transportation for the citizens of the USA. While the Republicans point fingers, the FACT of the matter is there is no reason for this to have happened. Amtrak has needed upgrades for a long time.
We know for a fact Acela is an excellent rail service. It is a more modern train than the usual Amtrak passenger rail.
The idea anyone in Congress today is actually pointing fingers when the train system is one of the world's most oldest systems on the planet is disgraceful. There is no respect for anyone that doesn't care about the American people.
THERE EXISTS WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CRASH LAST NIGHT.
THERE EXISTS WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CRASH LAST NIGHT.
THERE EXISTS WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CRASH LAST NIGHT.
The wild west Republicans have to be put to shame for the problems they cause in the country. They turn their backs on the American people all the time for the sake of their political cronies. Enough. The future dictates that a First World country care for their people. The USA is not poor. The wealth within the borders of the USA is more than embarrassing for the NEGLIGENCE of it's people by the government.
It doesn't matter what the NTSB finds as the cause, except, for the lawyers to that will seek relief for the victims and families killed and injured. The TRUTH of the matter is Congress did NOTHING to protect citizens when they ride Amtrak. Congress has DELIBERATELY attempted year after year to force the necessary public rail service into bankruptcy.
The deaths from this derailment are on the hands of those in the US Congress that have deliberately opposed the modernization of the trains and rails and PLAYED THE MARGINS that whittled away at safety and passenger COMFORT.
Mr. Boardman needs to come forward with a plan for Amtrak's modernization and a path forward to bring about that modernization. It is the PLAN for modernization that needs to be made law through legislation in the US House and Senate to prevent funding cuts that cost Americans their lives. The citizens now dead should be alive today, but, Congress laughed at the funding and modernization and this was the result. It is shameful and friends and allies should take note the degree of negligence the federal government carries against their well being.
The USA is in dire repair and allies count on this country to assist in their national security. Well, the allies of the USA need to look at the disrepair of American infrastructure and ask what kind of friend and ally this country actually has become.
The hideous bickering that has occurred on Congressional chambers today has to be eliminated with appropriate legislation to sculpt a path forward. The modernization should be dedicated to the men, women and children that have lost their lives because of the disrepair of the railroad.
How much is it going to cost the American people when the lawsuits are filed? All that could have been prevented! There is absolutely no reason to postpone necessary modernization of Amtrak.
Amtrak. "The American Rail Track." Disgraceful what has happened to it.
