claim: "last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. and lord knows we need that. but that's more than we spent on amtrak in its entire 40-year history."
author: frank lautenberg
evidence_1: "last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. and lord knows we need  that. but that's more than we spent on amtrak in its entire 40-year history.".
evidence_2: sep 14, 2011 ... “last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways, and lord knows we need  that — but that's more than we spent on amtrak in its entire 40-year history,” new  jersey ... “ridership and revenue have grown steadily, and this year the ... tom  udall wanted to know why the fast-growing intermountain west ...
evidence_3: "last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. and lord knows we need  that. but that's more than we spent on amtrak in its entire 40-year history.".
evidence_4: oct 6, 2014 ... amtrak's proposed gateway project would enter manhattan under ... each of its  two tubes will have to be closed, in turn, for a year or more, which would ... which  would have dead-ended deep underground — but it's still the type of ... much of  the money it planned to spend on arc on roads and bridges.
evidence_5: oct 24, 2011 ... amtrak lost an average of $417.92 for each passenger riding the sunset limited  between new orleans and los angeles in 2010. ... "last year we spent more  than $40 billion on highways," lautenberg said. "and lord knows we need that.  but that's more than we spent on amtrak in its entire 40-year history.