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.

The $100 billion in funding for rail projects included in this monumental law is a game changer for communities nationwide.

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

The few times that I don't use Amtrak to come to work, I drive down, and I have to leave between midnight and 4 o'clock in the morning in order to bypass all that traffic between New Jersey and Washington, DC.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden in November 2021, provides $22 billion in funding to Amtrak through Fiscal Year 2026.

For the first time, this mode of transportation has guaranteed funding for multiple years.

Last month, we heard from the very profitable freight railroads and from their customers about their ongoing supply chain challenges.

All of this funding, all of these projects, and all the benefits that future generations will enjoy would not be possible without our efforts in the 117th Congress when it passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in this Chamber and sent…

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?

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law further invests $36 billion in the Federal State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program.

And we have heard a lot about Amtrak not turning a profit today.

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