SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS AMTRAK AND HIGH SPEED RAIL 1 BACHUS 23 25 BALDACCI 32 BLUMENAUER 29 30 BORSKI 22 53 54 55 58 86 87 88 93 CAPON 107 114 CARMICHAEL 41 48 50 53 54 56 57 58 60 63 64 70 CLEMENT 11 46 47 48 50 64 81 83 93 107 112 113 114 115 116 118 COBLE 16 50 51 52 83 84 85 86 100 117 118 DEMINT 60 61 FERGUSON 27 72 FERGUSON [ASSUMING CHAIR] 71 FILNER 26 GRAVES 31 32 59 60 71 72 92 93 HART 109 115 116 118 HECKER 38 47 48 51 52 55 56 63 68 69 ISAKSON 99 KING 100 112 113 117 LARSEN 33 MEAD 35 46 47 51 52 55 56 57 61 62 67 68 71 72 MICA 20 56 57 58 88 89 90 91 92 NADLER 17 OBERSTAR 13 65 67 68 69 71 72 94 95 96 97 98 QUINN 10 13 16 17 20 22 23 25 27 29 30 32 33 34 38 41 44 46 50 53 56 59 60 61 64 78 79 80 83 85 86 88 92 93 94 97 98 99 100 103 104 106 107 108 111 112 116 118 119 QUINN [RESUMING CHAIR] 78 SIMMONS 61 TILL 58 60 WARRINGTON 73 78 79 80 81 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 95 96 98 WILLIAMS 104 106 111 112 114 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS TESTIMONY OF HON. KENNETH M. MEAD, INSPECTOR GENERAL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; JAYETTA Z. HECKER, DIRECTOR, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; AND GILBERT E. CARMICHAEL, CHAIRMAN, AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL, ACCOMPANIED BY THOMAS A. TILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAGE 35 TESTIMONY OF GEORGE D. WARRINGTON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, AMTRAK PAGE 73 TESTIMONY OF DAVID D. KING, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; SAM A. WILLIAMS, REPRESENTATIVE, SOUTHEASTERN ECONOMIC ALLIANCE, AND PRESIDENT, METROPOLITAN ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; ROSS B. CAPON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS; AND CLYDE HART, JR., VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION PAGE 100 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING