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                        style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">We need a national rail system 
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                        Faster in America. It's Time to Build a National 
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Right now, 
                        Americans are stuck choosing between outrageously 
                        expensive flights and long, unaffordable train routes. 
                        Meanwhile, countries around the world enjoy fast, 
                        affordable, national rail systems that make travel 
                        easier, greener, and cheaper. Americans want 
                        alternatives. The problem is that in most cases, flying 
                        is still cheaper and faster than taking a train, which 
                        is a stunning failure of national transportation policy 
                        in a country with such enormous resources.</P>
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                        U.S. finally build a high-speed national rail network 
                        and make non-plane travel accessible to 
                        everyone.</A></B></P>
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">The U.S. should 
                        not be bailing out airlines year after year while 
                        leaving the rest of our transportation system stuck in 
                        the 20th century. We deserve options that are fast, 
                        sustainable, affordable, and reliable, just like 
                        millions of people rely on every day in Japan, France, 
                        Spain, South Korea, Germany, and beyond. It's time to 
                        change course. <B><A 
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                        rel=noopener target=_blank>Sign the petition to demand 
                        an affordable, modern, high-speed national rail system 
                        for the United 
                    States!</A></B></P></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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