Oversight Committee Releases GAO Report on WMATA SafeTrack Program

Statement

Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Mark Meadows (D-NC) released a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the planning and implementation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) SafeTrack Plan.

In a July letter, the members requested GAO look into the implementation of the SafeTrack program, as well as examine steps the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has taken to require WMATA to address outstanding safety issues.

Following the release of the report the members issued the following statement:

"The Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be examining this report and other pressing issues for WMATA in an upcoming hearing. We look forward to working with WMATA, GAO, and other stakeholders to ensure that WMATA fully implements GAO's recommendations. We will also continue our oversight of Metro's ongoing effort to againbecome a safe, reliable transit system that serves the people of the Metropolitan Capital region, the federal workforce, and the 19.3 million visitors who come to their nation's capital each year."