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March 24, 2021
Science and Transportation Committee is responsible for addressing intercity passenger rail including Amtrak freight port and multi modal transportation infrastructure Chair Cantwell outlined her top priorities...
March 3, 2021
the transportation sector Of course in the pandemic we will need to get people moving that includes Amtrak and the airlines and the aviation sector overall and certainly support workers who are just trying...
October 21, 2020
See Aid October 21 2020 TV Quality Video Audio Transcripts Amtrak ridership down 90 percent in Washington state 30 percent of state s Amtrak workforce already facing furloughs 14 8 million people nearly...passenger rail industry since the pandemic as Amtrak ridership had dropped 90 percent in Washington state and 80 97 percent nationwide She also raised concerns about Amtrak s recent service cuts in Washington state...went on to discuss furloughed Amtrak workers in Washington state and highlighted the stakes for workers if Congress does not pass relief soon Our two long distance Amtrak lines Coast Starlight and the...
August 6, 2020
Gets Commitment from Amtrak Board of Director Nominees to Maintain Long Distance Service August 6 2020 TV Quality Video Audio Transcripts Coast Starlight and Empire Builder Amtrak routes to be reduced...challenges facing Amtrak during the COVID 19 pandemic the proposal to temporarily cut daily long distance service to three days a week as a result and the need to provide support for Amtrak in the next COVID...COVID package so Amtrak can maintain its service including long distance routes critical to communities throughout the Pacific Northwest Amtrak faces a series of critical challenges in the near future as...
March 6, 2020
plans of action regarding the outbreak and how it will affect the traveling public She also wrote to Amtrak and the Department of Transportation about the potential spread of coronavirus via train travel In...
July 18, 2017
Working Group released a report to Congress last night that recommended restoring daily round trip Amtrak train service between New Orleans and Orlando The working group which outlined a number of steps...improved access to jobs education and healthcare among the reasons it recommended restoring the route Amtrak service between New Orleans and Orlando was suspended in 2005 due to significant damage caused by...
September 22, 2016
Authorizes the use of computerized vetting systems for passenger rail at the request of Amtrak police and the Amtrak Board of Directors Allows grant funding to be used to enhance passenger manifest data...
April 6, 2016
Newsroom Press Releases Print Nelson Statement on Report That Basic Safety Measures May Have Prevented Amtrak Crash April 6 2016 U S Sen Bill Nelson D Fla the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce...Transportation issued the following the statement in response to a Wall Street Journal report today that Amtrak crews may not have followed basic safety procedures that could have prevented Sunday s deadly train...Federal regulators should also take a look at whether there is a larger pattern of safety lapses at Amtrak The FAST Act which was signed into law in December includes a Commerce Committee provision that requires...
December 1, 2015
Philadelphia Amtrak Victims December 1 2015 WASHINGTON As part of a deal struck today on a multi year highway bill House and Senate negotiators have agreed to increase a cap on the amount of money Amtrak can pay...highway bill that includes the Amtrak cap increase is expected to pass Congress later this week https www commerce senate gov 2015 12 nelson statement on increasing amtrak liability cap Home Privacy Policy...
December 1, 2015
cap to 295 million adjusting the current 200 million cap for inflation applies the increase to the Amtrak accident in Philadelphia on May 12 2015 and adjusts the cap for inflation every five years going...reduce the risk of overspeed derailments and worker fatalities Passenger Rail Reform Reauthorizes Amtrak services empowers states improves planning and better leverages private sector resources It also...
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