Biden in Delaware Announces $16 Billion Rail Investment, 100,000 Construction Jobs

The White House earlier issued a veto threat for House Republicans’ appropriations bill that would cut funding for Amtrak.

President Joe Biden announces more than $16 billion in new funding for rail projects on the Northeast Corridor at the Amtrak Bear Heavy Maintenance Facility in Bear, Del., on Nov. 6, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Joe Biden announced on Nov. 6 a $16.4 billion federal investment in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor as part of his 2022 infrastructure law.

The investment will provide faster, safer, and more reliable passenger train service while also creating more than 100,000 construction union jobs, the president said in a speech at Amtrak’s maintenance facility in Bear, Delaware.