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October 18, 2023
Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print At Markup to Advance Key Nominees Sen Cruz Says Amtrak Noms Fate Depends on DOT Cooperation with CST GOP Acela Probe October 18 2023 Expresses concerns...Commission FTC Amtrak Board of Directors and the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC along with Coast Guard promotions Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas discussed his concerns with Amtrak s purchase of...Acela trains and President Biden s failure to comply with geographic diversity requirements for the Amtrak Board of Director nominees Ranking Member Cruz also highlighted FAA administrator nominee Mike Whitaker...
October 18, 2023
October 18 2023 Commerce Committee Advances FAA Administrator FTC Commissioners CPSC Commissioner and Amtrak Board of Directors Today the U S Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation chaired...Committee also advanced nominations for the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Product Safety Commission Amtrak Board of Directors as well as Coast Guard promotions Mr Whitaker is highly qualified with more than...Coscia to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Christopher Koos to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Joel Matthew Szabat to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors Douglas Dziak...
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...
June 21, 2023
Press Releases Print Cantwell Chairs Amtrak NTSB Nominations Hearing June 21 2023 Increased round trip service between Seattle and Portland will meet fall deadline Amtrak board member Coscia commits to Chair...Biden s picks to serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors and National Transportation Safety Board NTSB During the hearing Sen Cantwell received confirmation from current Amtrak board member and nominee Anthony...Anthony Coscia that Amtrak will meet its commitment to begin running an additional two round trips between Seattle and Portland by fall increasing daily roundtrip service to six Along with Anthony Coscia...
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...
January 31, 2023
project will improve commute times Amtrak reliability on the Northeast Corridor NEC and support the NEC regional economy which is home to 17 of the U S population Amtrak expects the Hudson Tunnel project...
January 18, 2023
Print Train Ride From Hell Senators Demand Answers From Amtrak After Harrowing Passenger Accounts From 37 Hour Delayed Journey January 18 2023 Amtrak Auto Train passengers reported limited access to food...resorting to calling 911 amid confusion fear of being held hostage WASHINGTON D C After disturbing Amtrak Auto Train passenger accounts from a delayed 37 hour long journey U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash...alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal D Conn Ben Cardin D Md and Edward J Markey D Mass sent a letter to Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner demanding answers about the incident and an explanation of the company s policies...
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...
December 7, 2022
be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors PN2044 David Michael Capozzi to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors PN2043 Christopher Koos to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors PN2045...PN2045 Samuel E Lathem to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors PN2046 Robin Lee Wiessmann to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors PN2047 Robert E Primus to be a Member of the Surface...
January 12, 2022
expand the Amtrak Cascades service construct a new East West Intercity Passenger Rail System or study future viable routes that could improve rail service in Eastern Washington 16 billion for Amtrak s National...National Network to address the state of good repair backlog including replacing Amtrak s aging passenger cars used on the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight routes with safer and more comfortable cars The...the Surface Transportation Board to hire additional staff to enforce Amtrak s preference rights to ensure freight railroads allow Amtrak trains to run on time Bose was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee...
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