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July 18, 2006
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Senate Says No to More Funds for Rail Security
One day after the mass transit rail bombings in India, the U.S. Senate was asked to increase funding for rail security in this country. The majority said no.
The vote was 50-50, one vote shy of providing extra money to beef up security on U.S. railroads.
Republicans said there was already enough in the homeland security budget. But Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware was outraged, warning senators that if the bill didn't pass, "We will regret this."
Every serious intelligence report on terror has identified mass transit and rail systems as now the prime target for al Qaeda and others. Bombings in Madrid, London and now Mumbai have only confirmed those fears.
"Twenty thousand people in a relatvely confined space at any one time, sit in a alumninum tube in tunnels where there's virtually no protection," says Sen. Biden.
Democrats questioned why the Bush administration has put most of its homeland security money into aviation, $9 per passenger in the air, as opposed to one penny per passenger on trains.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/07/senate_says_no_.html
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