House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Democratic Caucus

 

Subcommittee on Railroads

Honorable Corrine Brown, Florida, Ranking Democratic Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Membership

Corrine Brown, Florida Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon
Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Jerrold Nadler, New York Leonard L. Boswell, Iowa Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Bob Filner, California Julia Carson, Indiana John Barrow, Georgia
    James L. Oberstar, Minnesota (ex officio)

Current Issues

6/13/06 - Oberstar-LaTourette Amendment to Increase Funding for Amtrak

5/19/06 - Drake Joins House T&I Democratic Staff

4/26/06 - Democratic Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Amtrak Working Group have sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation seeking a review of the Government Accountability Office's assessment of Amtrak's management.

3/17/06 - House T&I Democrats Release Report on Amtrak

12/1/05 - Oberstar, Brown, Lautenberg Release OIG Study on Rail Crossing Safety

11/9/05 - Response to Decision by Amtrak Directors to Discharge President David Gunn

11/3/05 - T&I Dems Name 3 to Amtrak Working Group

 

Oberstar: Transportation Appropriations Bill Would Mean the End of Amtrak (6/15/05)

 

171 House Democrats, including Democratic Caucus Chair Robert Menendez (N.J.), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Democratic Member James L. Oberstar (Minn.), and Subcommittee on Railroad Ranking Democrat Corrine Brown (Fla.), send letter to House appropriators calling for $2 billion in funding for Amtrak for the next fiscal year (6/8/05)

 

Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats Introduce Rail Security Bill (5/13/05)

 

Bipartisan Bill Enhances Rail Competition (5/3/05)

Press Release (PDF)

Floor Statement (PDF)

Bill Summary (PDF)

Bill (PDF)

 

Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership Introduces Administration's Amtrak Bankruptcy Bill by Request (4/21/05)

Press Release (PDF)

Bill (PDF)

 

$60 Billion High-Speed Rail & Rail Infrastructure Bill Introduced In U.S. House (4/14/05)

Press Release (PDF)

 

Bipartisan Amtrak Funding Legislation Introduced By U.S. House Transportation Committee Leadership (4/14/05)

Press Release (PDF)

 

Amtrak Budget (2/8/05)

Press Statement on Amtrak Budget

Amtrak Commuter Operations and Support, FY04

Amtrak Ridership and Employment, FY0

2251 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC  20515

 

Telephone: (202) 225-3274

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Jennifer Esposito, Staff Director

John Drake, Professional Staff

Pam Keller, Senior Staff Assistant