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June 11, 2008 - 4:20pm
PRESS RELEASE

LAUTENBERG HAILS HOUSE PASSAGE OF AMTRAK BILL, CONDEMS BUSH VETO THREAT

Lautenberg Hails House Passage of Amtrak Bill, Condemns Bush Veto Threat

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June 10, 2008 - 12:33pm
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LAUTENBERG BLASTS BUSH VETO THREAT ON AMTRAK

Lautenberg Blasts Bush Veto Threat on Amtrak

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April 1, 2008 - 3:27pm
PRESS RELEASE

New Report Shows Delays on Freight Railroad Lines Cost Amtrak and Taxpayers Millions

New Report Shows Delays on Freight Railroad Lines Cost Amtrak and Taxpayers Millions

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January 24, 2008 - 5:23pm
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SENATOR MENENDEZ APPLAUDS DEAL FOR AMTRAK WORKERS

WASHINGTON – Today, Amtrak and nine labor unions representing its workers reached an agreement to more fairly compensate the workers and to avoid a strike at the end of the month. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement:

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January 18, 2008 - 3:49pm
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LAUTENBERG COMMENTS ON AMTRAK REACHING AGREEMENT WITH LABOR UNION LEADERS

LAUTENBERG COMMENTS ON AMTRAK REACHING AGREMENT WITH LABOR UNION LEADERS

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June 21, 2006 - 5:42pm
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NJ State Senate Democrats

SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO QUESTION AMTRAK, NJ TRANSIT ON MAY POWER OUTAGE

TRENTON - The Senate Transportation Committee will hear testimony tomorrow from executives of Amtrak and NJ Transit on the power outage on the Northeast Corridor rail line on May 25 that left 15,000 NJ Transit passengers stranded for several hours.

"A service outage of this magnitude has fortunately been rare up to now," explained Senator Nicholas Sacco, D-Bergen and Hudson and Chair of the Committee. "We want to make sure that the events of May 25 are not indicative of more frequent outages in the future."

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May 26, 2006 - 3:11pm
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SENATE PRESIDENT RICHARD J. CODEY

CODEY ORDERS SENATE HEARINGS ON RAIL LINE POWER OUTAGE

TRENTON -- Senate President Richard J. Codey today announced that in light of yesterday's massive power outage along northeast rail lines, he has directed Senator Nicholas Sacco, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, to hold hearings to investigate the cause of the failure in order to avoid similar disruptions in the future.

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