Donald Payne Jr.: “It is no one's pleasure to have to bash the administration, but I see that that is not necessary in Arizona.”

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.

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

What are partner agencies on the commission doing to facilitate greater use of the corridor's electrification?

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.