Biden pitches infrastructure plan at Amtrak anniversary

This event is the first part of his pitch for his $2 trillion for infrastructure which would allocate $80 billion for the rail service.

On the 50th anniversary of Amtrak on Friday, President Joe Biden reflected on how the rail service had given him a second "family" and used the event to pitch his $2 trillion for infrastructure plan, which would allocate $80 billion for the rail service. Biden, an avid rail user who earned the name "Amtrak Joe" for his devoted use over decades as a senator, became sentimental about what rail service means to him and noted its value as a form of American transportation. He estimated, with the help of an Amtrak conductor, that he'd ridden 1.5 million miles by train. "It provided me, and I'm not joking, an entire other family," he said, adding that, "We’ve shared milestones of my life. And I have been allowed to share milestones in theirs. I've been to an awful lot of weddings and christenings, and unfortunately some burials as well. We're family."