Donald Payne Jr.: “For the first time, this mode of transportation has guaranteed funding for multiple years.”

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

The Northeast Corridor is unique as it is one of the few electrified rail corridors in the country.

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.

Thank you. I appreciate both of you gentlemen staying here and--well, Chairman, as I look at both sides of the aisle, it looks like it is just you and me.