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October 10, 2023
pressed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the decision making behind certain grants to the Amtrak NY NJ Gateway Program and asked the Department of Transportation DOT to commit to giving fair consideration...FRA and the Federal Transit Administration FTA about those agencies support and oversight of the Amtrak New York New Jersey Gateway Program the Gateway Program In April Republican senators of the Committee...February 2022 Amtrak s Office of Inspector General OIG released a report finding that Amtrak lacked a comprehensive framework to manage its commitments to the Gateway Program Among other concerns Amtrak lacked...
April 19, 2023
of the country with respect to Amtrak Board seats and a large taxpayer funded rail grant program While Congress mandated that at least half of the eight appointed Amtrak board directors live outside of...In their letter to President Biden Sen Cruz and his fellow lawmakers wrote To bring your slate of Amtrak board nominees into compliance with the geographic diversity requirement in federal law we urge you...you must also comply with the political diversity requirement for Amtrak board members Under federal law no more than five of the Amtrak board members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate...
December 8, 2022
jurisdiction I will make the motion to report these nominees being considered by the Committee today for the Amtrak board the Surface Transportation Board the Marine Mammal Commission and the Board of Directors of...to the rank of Captain which the committee will vote on today While I will support reporting the Amtrak board nominees to Democrat seats on the board I will follow established precedent of withholding...seats which are also ready for confirmation by the full Senate I also want to emphasize the need for Amtrak to serve all its customers effectively including on the National Network and I appreciate the Chair...
August 6, 2021
Transportation Board s STB decision to proceed with Amtrak s application to reinstate Gulf Coast passenger rail service After years of in depth planning it is time for Amtrak services on the Gulf Coast to restart said...said Wicker I thank the STB for recognizing the importance of this issue by moving to consider Amtrak s case Implementing twice daily service between New Orleans and Mobile will increase access to jobs...
June 16, 2021
passenger rail the most significant bipartisan investment in passenger rail in history This bill protects Amtrak s critically important long distance routes provides funding to address the Northeast Corridor project...
January 21, 2021
and rail systems including our national passenger rail system Amtrak And in that connection addressing one of my top priorities restoring Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast where it was halted after Hurricane...the transportation sector whether that was aviation or most recently with infrastructure and with Amtrak but that will continue The needs to move product and people will continue whether we have a COVID...
October 21, 2020
transportation reauthorization Witness Panel 1 Mr William Flynn President and Chief Executive Officer Amtrak Mr Paul Tuss Executive Director Bear Paw Developing Corporation and Member Montana Economic Developers...Network and the Track Ahead Witness Panel 1 Mr William Flynn President and Chief Executive Officer Amtrak Mr Paul Tuss Executive Director Bear Paw Developing Corporation and Member Montana Economic Developers...legislation that would include relief for the transportation sector both in help and support of this Amtrak we re talking about today as well as the airlines So I look forward to continuing to work with our...
September 16, 2020
of the Amtrak Board of Directors Nomination of Sarah Feinberg of West Virginia to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Nomination of Chris Koos of Illinois to be a Director of the Amtrak Board...Mr Todd Rokita up for the Amtrak board He has obviously in the past been a member of the House of Representatives trying to slash Amtrak funding and opposing funding for Amtrak so I m not comfortable on...rather see somebody with a more aggressive stance because I think we need an aggressive defense of Amtrak particularly during the COVID crisis We need an aggressive approach And Eric Soskin to be the Inspector...
August 6, 2020
consider presidential nominations to the Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board and Amtrak Board of Directors Click here for additional information on nominees Witnesses Mr Eric Soskin of...Ms Sarah Feinberg of West Virginia to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Mr Chris Koos of Illinois to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Witness list subject to change Hearing Details...Ms Sarah Feinberg of West Virginia to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Mr Chris Koos of Illinois to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors August 6 2020 CANTWELL Thank you Mr Chairman...
June 3, 2020
through emergency actions stakeholder guidance and regulatory relief The CARES Act provided help to Amtrak aviation and transit We included language to give states flexibility on highway safety grants and...
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