Letter with 219 House Signatures - June 26, 2003

SIGNERS OF HOUSE LETTER URGING AMTRAK FUNDING
June 26, 2003

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About half the Members of the House of Representatives -- 219 of them -- sent appropriators a letter the week of June 26, urging funding for Amtrak in 2004 in the amount of $1.812 billion -- the amount Amtrak says it needs both to avoid a shutdown crisis and to begin returning the passenger railroad to a "state of good repair."

Here are the names of the signatories (185 Democrats, 33 Republicans, and 1 Independent):

Ala. - Bachus (R.), Davis (D.), Cramer (D.)
Am.Samoa - Faleomavaega (D.)
Ariz. - Grijalva (D.), Pastor (D.)
Ark. - Ross (D.), Snyder (D.), Berry (D.)
Cal. - Matsui (D.), Lantos (D.), Cardoza (D.), Filner (D.), Watson (D.), Capps (D.), Millender-McDonald (D.), Lee (D.), Honda (D.), Berman (D.), Thompson (D.), Waxman (D.), Tauscher (D.), Becerra (D.), Miller (D.), Woolsey (D.), Eshoo (D.), Napolitano (D.), Waters (D.), Solis (D.), Harman (D.), Lofgren (D.), Baca (D.), Roybal-Allard (D.), Sanchez, Linda (D.), Schiff (D.), Davis (D.), Stark (D.), Sherman (D.), Sanchez, Loretta (D.), Pelosi (D.)
Colo. - Udall (D.)
Conn. - Larson (D.), DeLauro (D.), Simmons (R.)
Del. - Castle (R.)
D.C. - Norton (D.)
Fla. - Brown (D.), Meek (D.), Hastings (D.), Davis (D.), Deutsch (D.)
Ga. - Lewis (D.), Majette (D.), Bishop (D.), Marshall (D.), Scott (D.)
Hawaii - Abercrombie (D.)
Ill. - Lipinski (D.), Emanuel (D.), Johnson (R.), Weller (R.), Costello (D.), Gutierrez (D.), Jackson (D.), Evans (D.), Davis (D.), Schakowsky (D.), Shimkus (R.), Rush (D.)
Ind. - Carson (D.), Hill (D.)
Ia. - Leach (R.), Boswell (D.)
Kans. - Moore (D.)
Ky. - Lucas (D.)
La. - Jefferson (D.), Alexander (D.), John (D.)
Me. - Allen (D.), Michaud (D.)
Md. - Cummings (D.), Cardin (D.), Wynn (D.), Gilcrest (R.), Ruppersberger (D.), Van Hollen (D.), Hoyer (D.)
Mass. - Neal (D.), Tierney (D.), Frank (D.), Markey (D.), Capuano (D.), Meehan (D.), Delahunt (D.), McGovern (D.)
Mich. - Levin (D.), Kildee (D.), Dingell (D.), Conyers (D.), Stupak (D.)
Minn. - Oberstar (D.), McCollum (D.), Sabo (D.), Peterson (D.)
Miss. - Pickering (R.), Taylor (D.), Thompson (D.)
Mo. - Clay (D.), McCarthy (D.), Gephardt (D.)
Neb. - Bereuter (R.)
Nev. - Berkley (D.)
N.J. - Menendez (D.), Andrews (D.), Payne (D.), Pallone (D.), Holt (D.), Pascrell (D.), Ferguson (R.), Saxton (R.), Smith (R.), Garrett (R.), LoBiondo (R.)
N.Mex. - Udall (D.)
N.Y. - Quinn (R.), McHugh (R.), Bishop (D.), Israel (D.), Towns (D.), McCarthy (D.), Maloney (D.), Owens (D.), Nadler (D.), Boehlert (R.), Weiner (D.), Hinchey (D.), Meeks (D.), McNulty (D.), King (R.), Slaughter (D.), Ackerman (D.), Engel (D.), Houghton (R.), Velazquez (D.), Rangel (D.), Kelly (R.), Crowley (D.)
N.C. - Etheridge (D.), McIntyre (D.), Ballance (D.), Watt (D.), Price (D.), Miller (D.)
N.Dak. - Pomeroy (D.)
Ohio - Ryan (D.), Brown (D.), Jones (D.), Kaptur (D.), Strickland (D.), Ney (R.), Kucinich (D.), LaTourette (R.)
Okla. - Carson (D.)
Ore. - Blumenauer (D.), DeFazio (D.), Hooley (D.)
Pa. - Hoeffel (D.), Greenwood (R.), Holden (D.), Brady (D.), Doyle (D.), Fattah (D.), Platts (R.), Gerlach (R.), English (R.), Shuster (R.), Weldon (R.), Hart (R.)
P.R. - Acevedo-Vila (D.)
R.I. - Langevin (D.), Kennedy (D.)
S.C. - Spratt (D.), Clyburn (D.)
Tenn. - Gordon (D.), Ford (D.), Cooper (D.), Davis (D.)
Tex. - Frost (D.), Lampson (D.), Gonzalez (D.), Johnson, E. B. (D.), Green (D.), Sandlin (D.), Rodriguez (D.), Ortiz (D.), Reyes (D.), Jackson-Lee (D.), Turner (D.), Bell (D.), Hinojosa (D.), Edwards (D.)
Utah - Matheson (D.)
Va. - Scott (D.), Moran (D.), Boucher (D.), Davis, T. (R.), Davis, J. (R.)
V.I. - Christensen (D.)
Vt. - Sanders (I.)
Wash. - Inslee (D.), McDermott (D.), Smith (D.), Baird (D.), Larsen (D.), Dicks (D.)
W.Va. - Rahall (D.), Capito (R.)
Wis. - Kleczka (D.), Baldwin (D.)

[Note -- The following sent similar, individual letters: Lynch (D.-Mass.), Rothman (D.-N.J.).]