U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, and Congressman Albio Sires (N.J.-08) today applauded the reinstatement of critical funding for New Jersey Transit (NJT), a day after they drew a line in the sand and announced their refusal to support a federal transportation bill if it including a House provision to strip $50 million a year for the agency.

“Saving this critical transit funding for New Jersey was my top priority and essential to moving our state forward,” said Sen. Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Senate mass transit subcommittee. “This only increases the prospects of bold infrastructure projects we so desperately need, to maintain and improve our quality of life, create jobs, and grow our economy. It gets us a step closer to getting Gateway on track, allows NJT to make basic repairs and prevent delays like the kind we saw this summer.”

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