Let me say, even before the pandemic, detainees had reported troubling instances, abuse of force, solitary confinement, and punishment in retaliation for speaking out about poor conditions of confinement in at least one of your detention facilities.
Payne highlights issues of abuse and retaliation against detainees prior to the pandemic.
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There are millions of people every day that depend on railroads and trains and Amtrak and local train systems to get back and forth to work.
I introduced the One-Seat-Ride Act, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of a one-seat-ride trip versus a transfer trip option during peak hours on New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.
I could not imagine my children being separated from me and I hope the former President and my colleagues realize that fact.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden in November 2021, provides $22 billion in funding to Amtrak through Fiscal Year 2026.
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