menendez, who's smarter than his dad and don goldman, i know because my son was smarter than i was. look, for being here, we got a lot of work to do and work to get together. you'll pay for that when you get home; right. i want to thank everyone from am amtrak. everyone from amtrak and fta is up here. from the gateway development commission is really important. thank you for your partnership. for liability and 60. in addition to getting folks out of cars and onto trains, we're goon help the environment as well and all the studies show and i've been harping on this since the mid '70s that every study shows you get from point a to point b an rail as fast or fastest as you can in an automobile. you don't take the car, you get in the train. that's how important this project is for up to 200,000 passenger who is take amtrak or the new jersey transit every single day. the bipartisan law we're finally getting this done. the law is the most significant investment in rail, most significant investment in rail since we created amtrak over 50 years ago. and billions, billions ignoring the proje

rob menendez and don goldman. look, for being here, we got a lot of work to do. we got a lot of work to get together. you will pay for that when you get home. i want to thank everyone from amtrak. everyone from amtrak. mtas up there. this gateway development commission is really important. thank you for your partnership. folks, just outside this space the first piece of the new hudson tunnel is being built. it's one of the biggest parts of the gateway program. let me say this. this is just the beginning. this is the beginning of finally constructing a 21st century rail system that's long, long overdue in this country. this project is critical to transforming the northeast corridor, increasing speed, capacity, reliability and safety. in addition to getting folks out of cars and on to trains, we will help the environment. we will -- all the studies show -- i have been harping on this since the mid '70s. every study shows, get from point a to b on rail as fast or faster than in an automobile. you don't take the car. you get in the train. that's how important this pr

menendez, who is smarter than his dad, and don goldman. i know because my son was smarter than i was. so, look, for being here, we got a lot of work to do and we got a lot of work to get together. you're going to pay for that when you get home, right? but, look, i want to thank everyone from amtrak, everyone from amtrak. you guys -- mta's up here, too. actually, for this gateway development commission is really important. i thank you for your partnership. folks, just outside this space the first piece of the new hudson tunnel is being built. it is one of the biggest parts of the gateway program. let me say this at the outset. this is just the beginning. just the beginning of finally constructing a 21st century rail system that's long, long overdue in this country. this project is critical to transforming the northeast corridor, increasing speeds, capacity, reliability and safety. in addition to getting folks out of cars and on to trains, we will help the environment as well because we are going to -- all of the studies show -- and i have b