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President Joe Biden touts $16 billion for passenger rail projects

President Joe Biden, arguably the nation's biggest Amtrak fan, visited a train maintenance shop in his home state of Delaware on Monday to showcase more than $16 billion in federal investments for rail travel along the busy Northeast Corridor, saying of long-delayed improvements, “we're finally getting it done.”

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President Joe Biden traveled to Bear, Delaware, where he announced more than $16 billion in new funding that is going toward 25 passenger rail projects between Boston and Washington.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden, center left, meets with Thomas Rapposelli Jr., left, Sterling Rapposelli Jr., center right, and Tom Rapposelli who introduced him before speaking at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.
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President Joe Biden greets audience members after speaking at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, in Bear, Del.

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