Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold the third in a series of hearings on Amtrak's operations.

The focus of the hearing will be to review the national intercity passenger railroad's 41 years of federal subsidies, according to a press release from Committee Chairman John Mica's (R-Fla.) office.

The hearing "will investigate the monetary losses associated with Amtrak's operations, explore and compare Amtrak's level of federal subsidy with the subsidies provided to other modes of passenger transportation, and examine management deficiencies identified by the Amtrak Office of Inspector General," the press release states.

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