derailments and invest in our infrastructure and climate and fight climate change, and also, we should keep working on the separate bill on reconciliation. kitty, do you think the nation s aging infrastructure will indeed be important in terms of looking into this investigation? well, i think it is certainly the backdrop, as the congressman indicated, against which the investigation will be considered. as i said, again, there s standards for maintaining track, but we re a country that i think values amtrak, values rail, but that doesn t mean our standards are adequate in terms of maintenance and inspections. that will be something that s considered. they ll also look at human performance. was there something the crew might have done that would have triggered this? they ll look at the physical issues around the cars. so it will all come out. and i think it s important to obviously the infrastructure bill, it contains significant funding for amtrak, which is needed for reasons.
ahead and were fine and derailed after that. so that s what they ll have to piece together. and track maintenance will be a concern. the age of the track, what s been done. and bnsf will help the investigators with that because they will be the ones who were in charge of all that. you know, this crash comes timing wise as a big vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill slated for this week, and here s what new jersey congressman josh gottheimer had to say about it earlier this morning. take a listen. there s too much on the line here for our country. you think about infrastructure and what happened, the tragedy last night, the derailment in montana on amtrak, and of course, i m here in new jersey. we got hit so hard as other parts of the country did by hurricane ida. in the infrastructure bill is climate rezil yaenls to help fight climate change. to fix amtrak and invest in our roads, bridges, rails. there s no reason why we shouldn t pass that right away and get shovels in the
lowering prescription drugs, addressing the climate needs of our country now, because we cannot wait any longer. in nevada, we have historic droughts and wildfires. some of the highest temperatures ever recorded. but we also need to, alex, address other issues, including violence, and that s why i m really excited that our break the cycle of violence, which will invest $5 billion into prevention and intervention is also included. so this is about, again, addressing a once in a generation investment in our families, in our communities, not leaving anyone or any community behind in the process. yeah, each and every one of those things you have articulated, all very, very important issues. let me ask you, though, about the president telling senator manchin, give me a number as far as how much you are willing to spend. as a member of the budget committee, what number would you be comfortable with for this