Congressman Cohen Advocates Memphis-to-Nashville Amtrak Service

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, took time to advocate for a Memphis-to-Nashville Amtrak route at a hearing on “Investing in our Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure and Workers: Why it Matters.”

In his questions to Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner, Congressman Cohen asked about a Memphis-to-Nashville route to supplement existing routes linking Memphis to Chicago and New Orleans.

See Congressman Cohen’s full exchange with the witnesses here.

In addition to Gardner and Nelson, today’s hearing witnesses included:

• Greg Regan, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO;
• Samuel Desue Jr., General Manager, TriMet;
• David Ditch, Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation; and
• Adam Hersh, Ph. D., Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute.

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