what we should have been doing is subsidizing the safety of those passengers on that actmtrak train yesterday. >> you have no idea -- no idea what caused this accident. and to use that as a means of supporting the last amendment. support it if you want to. >> the committee rejected an amendment by chaka fatah who represents parts of philadelphia, that would have more than doubled amtrak's funding. instead the republican dominated committee voted to cut it by 18%. joining me now is a democrat from pennsylvania. congressman, i've seen a lot of folks say, look first of all, the train was speeding. and you don't know that more money would have fixed this problem. this is essentially just using an accident a horrible accident to advance something you believed in two days ago, anyway? >> well, first of all, it's not my amendment, it's not my number. this is the president and