February 7, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 24 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H1431-H1432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ATLANTIC CITY RAIL LINE

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my disappointment 
at New Jersey Transit.
  New Jersey Transit promised the public that the Atlantic City project 
will be finished by early 2019, but recently, it announced that the 
Atlantic City Rail Line would be closed up to more than 5 months. That 
is not an inconvenience; that is a disaster.
  My constituents want service to be restored immediately, and they 
want, most importantly, the truth. That is why a majority of my New 
Jersey colleagues and I are sending a letter of admonishment to New 
Jersey Transit.

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  Mr. Speaker, this is the time for New Jersey Transit to do the right 
thing for the sake of our commuters, to do the right thing for the sake 
of our workers, and to do the right thing for the State of New Jersey. 
People's livelihoods and the quality of their lives depend on the 
Atlantic City Rail Line.

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