The long-delayed tunnel will improve reliability for the 200,000 weekday passengers on Amtrak and NJ Transit.
The stop is part of a "Rail Week" tour by the president, who visited Baltimore Monday to talk about using infrastructure law funds to replace a 150-year-old rail tunnel there.The president is pledging that government spending on infrastructure will boost economic growth and create blue-collar jobs.
The rail trips this week amount to a form of counterprogramming to the new House Republican majority. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Biden are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, with the Republican lawmaker intending to press his case for spending cuts even though White House officials say Biden won't negotiate over the need to increase the federal debt limit.
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