Washington Metro Area Reps & WMATA GM Hold Press Conference Tomorrow (7/22/09)

Washington Metro Area Reps. & WMATA GM Catoe to Hold Press Conference TOMORROW on $150 Million for Metro

July 22, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC - Members of Washington Metro Area's House Delegation will hold a press conference tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. outside the Capitol South Metro Station with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager John Catoe on the $150 million in federal funding for Metro included in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill. The measure will be voted on in the House tomorrow.

WHO: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA)

Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA)

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-MD)

Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)

WMATA General Manager John Catoe

WHAT: Press conference on $150 Million for Metro in House THUD Appropriations Bill

WHEN: TOMORROW, Thursday, July 23 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Outside the Capitol South Metro Station

Contacts:

Stephanie Lundberg (Hoyer) 202-223-3130

Dan Weber (Edwards) 202-225-8699

Bridgett Frey (Van Hollen) 202-225-5341

Sonsyrea Montgomery (Norton) 202-225-8050

Austin Durrer (Moran) 202-225-4376

George Burke (Connolly) 202-225-1492

Daniel Scandling (Wolf) 202-225-5136

Candace Smith (WMATA) 202-962-1051