Donald Payne Jr.: “It is time for Congress to require that freight railroads participate in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System.”

This mode of transportation has guaranteed funding for multiple years. The value of this certainty is not to be understated.

Thanks in large part to this Committee's past efforts, Congress passed the STB Reauthorization Act of 2015.

Can I, again, have your commitment in public that that space is reserved for that flyover to hit at pace so we can ensure that the one-seat-ride is successful on the Raritan Valley Line?

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.