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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

It is because you have behind that the threat of the choice.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

What would be a way that you might-- not hypothetically, but just thinking back in your experience when you say enhanced competition or I would say pro-competitive evidence--and we have agreed it is sort of the same. What would be an…

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

I do not know if that is true, but I would hope that that would not be true.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

I think it was you--or somebody--said 'I do not see why any industry should be treated differently.'

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

I am one of those who tends to think that mergers kind of keep taking place until they cannot anymore.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Everything you are saying... is really affirming an answer to a question that I gave to you.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

What justification can CSX or other railroads in the U.S. give for a pricing system that would be illegal in any other industry in this country?

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Why should shippers in the United States in a sense be at a disadvantage to shippers in Canada with regard to bottleneck prices?

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Now, obviously within the airline industry, the public would rebel.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

I have been a Governor for 8 years and I have been doing this for some time.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Is that an example of the kind of thing that could be looked at in terms of prices that are not quoted on clearly and predictably to be used rail service lines?

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

There has to be a follow-up on all of this was my point.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Now, is that a way of saying that until we change the law, you are stuck?

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

And they do not have the protection, of course, that railroads do.

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

Trackage rights gets interestingly close to bottleneck, does it not?

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Jay Rockefeller
@jayrockefeller· Democratic · WV· Jun 28, 2001

The FAA would step in. The President would declare a state of--it would be totally untenable.

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