Chairs DeFazio, Payne Jr. Issue Statements From Hearing on Leveraging Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Expand Intercity Passenger Rail
December 11, 2021
December 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, issued the following opening statements at a Dec. 10, 2021, hearing entitled "Leveraging IIJA: Plans for Expanding Intercity Passenger Rail":
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Chair DeFazio:
Thank you, Subcommittee Chair Payne and Rankin . . .
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Chair DeFazio:
Thank you, Subcommittee Chair Payne and Rankin . . .