In his first term he was a member of the Commerce and Government Matters Committee and its transportation subcommittee.

The transportation subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee approved their version of the bill on Sept. 8.

Mr. Lautenberg is chairman of the transportation subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.

Amtrak got a bailout last summer with the support of the then-chairman of the transportation subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.

Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2007- (education subcommittee, 2007-; transportation subcommittee, 2007-).

But Ms. Molinari, chairwoman of the transportation subcommittee on Amtrak, said that a smaller, self-sufficient national rail service would emerge in a few years.

The report on air safety was requested by the House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation.

Leahy is number two on the Senate Appropriations Committee and also a senior member of its Transportation Subcommittee, which handled the writing of the bill.

Sanders, a member of the transportation subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said, "We are one nation.

During his career in the State Senate, he served as Chairman for the transportation committee, as well as general government and a transportation subcommittee on appropriations.