{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-and-watson-colemans-one-seat-ride-act-passes-house", "Kean and Watson Coleman\u2019s One Seat Ride Act Passes House", "2023-12-05", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Thomas H. Kean, Jr.", "K000398", "kean.house.gov", "kean", "https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Contact: Dan Scharfenberger\n\n(December 5, 2023) WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the One Seat Ride Act (H.R. 1547) 356 \u2013 61.\n\nThe One Seat Ride Act, led by Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) and cosponsored by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), would direct the Secretary of Transportation to analyze various obstacles to implementing single-seat trips on certain commuter passenger rail services during \u2018peak hours,\u2019 including \u2018one-seat-ride' trips on New Jersey\u2019s Raritan Valley line.\n\nCurrently, Raritan Valley Line passengers are forced to change trains at Newark Penn Station to access New York City and make the same change heading westbound. A \u2018One-Seat-Ride\u2019 allows passengers to take one time-efficient train from stations such as Westfield, Somerville, and Lebanon directly into New York City.\n\n\u201cI am grateful for the overwhelming bipartisan support that propelled the One-Seat-Ride Act through the House today,\u201d said Congressman Kean. \u201cThis is another milestone in our mission to pave the way for the crucial One-Seat-Ride needed for my constituents and their fellow New Jerseyans.\"\n\n\u201cThe Raritan Valley Line serves over 23,000 commuters each day \u2013 and many of those commuters have to switch trains at Newark Penn Station during peak commuting hours, unnecessarily extending an already lengthy commute. This report is a necessary step towards a more efficient system that better serves the hard working people of New Jersey and allows them to spend more of their valuable time with their families,\u201d said Congresswoman Watson Coleman.\n\nCongressman Kean spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 1547, you can watch his remarks HERE.\n\nCongressman Kean currently serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.\n\nYou can read more about this bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-and-watson-colemans-one-seat-ride-act-passes-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8808840066194534, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}