Dan Lipinski

I am especially honored to see $355 million in CIG funds awarded to the South Shore Lines West Lake Corridor.

The rampant delays affecting Amtrak's trains threaten the railroad's growth and even its long-term viability as an operator.

I believe that Congress should establish a dispute resolution process between commuter railroads and freight railroads at the STB.

Amtrak needs the support and the help from Congress.

I don't think that your decision to furlough these 2,000 employees is going to save the day.

I really have some deep misgivings about my own decision to pull that amendment.

I hope you take very seriously the credibility that you will lose by engaging in these furloughs.

I have always been a strong advocate for Amtrak, because it provides an important public service: national passenger rail service.

Amtrak must heed and not ignore Congress' desire that it work well with others.

Ultimately, the furloughs and long-distance service cuts are misguided, and weaken our national passenger rail service.

I believe that Congress needs to act quickly to prevent furloughs and avoid long-distance service cuts.

Too often it feels like Amtrak is happy to take money from Congress and then ignore Congress' directives.

Lipinski also questioned the passenger railroad's decision to temporarily reduce service on most long-distance routes from daily to three times a week. He argued that such cuts were "misguided" and would weaken the rail service.

He argued that such cuts were 'misguided' and would weaken the rail service.

We now have the largest number of slaves on earth that we've ever had in human history.

Thank you. And thank you for holding this hearing today. This is an issue that I have always been particularly interested in on this Committee, how do we find innovative ways to help transition research findings into new products and…

Are there ways the Federal Government can incentivize additional public-private partnerships in research efforts about cabin safety?

The funding that they received in the CARES Act is not enough to make up for that loss.

I recently introduced H.R. 5978, the MADE HERE Act. This bill aims to create new regional manufacturing innovation clusters.

I was proud to have passed the American Manufacturing and Competitiveness Act in 2014 as part of a broader manufacturing legislation package requiring publication of a strategy for American leadership in advanced manufacturing.

I actually put a bill in requiring railroads and rail transit to take the safest route.

Thank you, Congressman Lipinski and the Subcommittee again for the opportunity to testify.

I'm hopeful this year will be the year Congress steps up to the plate as well.

The CREATE program, which Congressman Lipinski supports and has gotten funding for, is a perfect example of a public-private partnership which benefits everyone.