Donald Payne Jr.: “Our issue starts at the service lines going into the homes.”

It makes no sense for the job that the front line is asked to do, that they are undercompensated.

For the first time, this mode of transportation has guaranteed funding for multiple years.

The few times that I don't use Amtrak to come to work, I drive down, and I have to leave between midnight and 4 o'clock in the morning in order to bypass all that traffic between New Jersey and Washington, DC.

This is a crucial hearing because many of my constituents and all New Jerseyans understand that Amtrak service is critical to our economy and to our livelihood.