Letter with 163 House Signatures - February 3, 2003

SIGNERS OF HOUSE LETTER URGING AMTRAK FUNDING
February 3, 2003

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House Republicans and Democrats each sent letters to House appropriators the week of February 3, urging funding for Amtrak in 2003 in the amount of $1.2 billion -- the amount Amtrak says it needs to avoid a shutdown crisis in the spring. This is the amount approved by the Senate, though both the House Appropriations Committee and the Bush Administration have come in far lower.

Here are the names of 163 signatories of the two letters (129 Democrats and 33 Republicans -- the 1 Independent signed the Democrats' letter):

Ala. - Bachus (R.), Davis (D.)
Am.Samoa - Faleomavaega (D.)
Ark. - Berry (D.), Ross (D.), Snyder (D.)
Cal. - Baca (D.), Becerra (D.), Berman (D.), Cardoza (D.), Capps (D.), Davis (D.), Filner (D.), Harman (D.), Honda (D.), Lantos (D.), Lee (D.), Lofgren (D.), Matsui (D.), Millender-McDonald (D.), Miller (D.), Roybal-Allard (D.), Solis (D.), Tauscher (D.), Thompson (D.), Watson (D.), Waxman (D.)
Conn. - DeLauro (D.), Johnson (R.), Larson (D.), Simmons (R.)
Del. - Castle (R.)
D.C. - Norton (D.)
Fla. - Brown (D.), Davis (D.), Hastings (D.), Ros-Lehtinen (R.)
Ga. - Majette (D.)
Hawaii - Abercrombie (D.)
Ill. - Costello (D.), Davis (D.), Emanuel (D.), Evans (D.), Gutierrez (D.), Jackson (D.), Johnson (R.), Lipinski (D.), Rush (D.), Schakowsky (D.), Weller (R.)
Ind. - Carson (D.), Hill (D.)
Ia. - Boswell (D.), Leach (R.)
Kans. - Moran (R.)
Ky. - Lucas (D.)
La. - Jefferson (D.)
Me. - Allen (D.), Michaud (D.)
Md. - Cardin (D.), Cummings (D.), Gilcrest (R.), Van Hollen (D.), Wynn (D.)
Mass. - Capuano (D.), Delahunt (D.), Frank (D.), Lynch (D.), Markey (D.), McGovern (D.), Meehan (D.), Neal (D.), Tierney (D.)
Mich. - Conyers (D.), Dingell (D.), Kildee (D.), Upton (R.)
Minn. - McCollum (D.), Oberstar (D.)
Miss. - Pickering (R.), Taylor (D.)
Mo. - Clay (D.), McCarthy (D.)
Neb. - Bereuter (R.)
Nev. - Berkley (D.)
N.J. - Andrews (D.), Ferguson (R.), Garrett (R.), Holt (D.), LoBiondo (R.), Menendez (D.), Pallone (D.), Pascrell (D.), Payne (D.), Rothman (D.), Saxton (R.), Smith (R.)
N.Mex. - Udall (D.)
N.Y. - Ackerman (D.), Bishop (D.), Boehlert (R.), Engel (D.), Hinchey (D.), Houghton (R.), Israel (D.), Kelly (R.), King (R.), Maloney (D.), McHugh (R.), McNulty (D.), Nadler (D.), Quinn (R.), Towns (D.), Velazquez (D.), Walsh (R.), Weiner (D.)
N.C. - Etheridge (D.), McIntyre (D.), Price (D.), Watt (D.)
N.Dak. - Pomeroy (D.)
Ohio - Jones (D.), LaTourette (R.), Ney (R.), Ryan (D.)
Okla. - Carson (D.)
Ore. - Blumenauer (D.), DeFazio (D.), Hooley (D.), Wu (D.)
Pa. - Brady (D.), Doyle (D.), English (R.), Fattah (D.), Gerlach (R.), Greenwood (R.), Hart (R.), Hoeffel (D.), Holden (D.), Platts (R.), Weldon (R.)
R.I. - Langevin (D.)
Tenn. - Davis (D.)
Tex. - Edwards (D.), Frost (D.), Jackson-Lee (D.), Johnson, E. B. (D.), Lampson (D.), Ortiz (D.), Reyes (D.)
Vt. - Sanders (I.)
Va. - Boucher (D.), Scott (D.)
Wash. - Baird (D.), Dicks (D.), Inslee (D.), Larsen (D.), McDermott (D.), Smith (D.)
W.Va. - Rahall (D.)
Wis. - Baldwin (D.), Kind (D.), Kleczka (D.)