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Not entirely. In the context of the pandemic, Congress gave money to retain employees for a limited period of time. It took its own time to actually provide it and then did not extend that to cover the period of drastically reduced revenues. The management IMHO overreacted and reduced more than they should have. It takes many hands to produce the mess that is Amtrak.So, are you saying that Congress canned the dining car on the Crescent?
But in the context of Diners, yes, Congress had pretty much determined that there shall be no 6 servers per Diner and set the guardrails saying that almost specifically, for many many years now, and that has not changed even in the new found enthusiasm for food service. As a matter of fact Congress for many years had directed Amtrak to reduce food service to an unspecified very low level, in case you forgot recent history.