Donald Payne Jr.: “I represent a very congested urban area with every mode of transportation within my district.”

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.

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 would like to express my sincere appreciation for the Surface Transportation Board's (STB or Board) efforts over the past year.

I know one of the reasons they are still missing, because nobody took the time to make sure they took an accounting of where these children were.