Washington, June 2 -- Congresswoman Nellie Pou issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), the Ranking Member of Congress's Task Force overseeing the World Cup and New Jersey's only Democratic member of the House Transportation Committee, today demanded answers (https://pou.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/pou.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/letter-to-amtrak-on-incidents-and-fifa-preparedness.pdf) from Amtrak about its readiness for the FIFA World Cup after multiple recent rail disruptions affected service between New Jersey and New York.
In a letter to Amtrak President Roger Harris, Pou raised concerns about infrastructure reliability, emergency preparedness, and passenger communications along the Northeast Co...