But KCS has never requested that they be not considered because of their smaller size?

Did any other railroads support the exemption?

This Subcommittee is going to be aggressive in making sure that we try and create circumstances that lead to more competition, not less.

All we were asking for was the right to be treated as the other Class I's had been treated under the previous rules.

How do people who utilize railroad services have input into the content of the plan, if at all?

I take the opinion that it seems to me that more and more we have less and less.

I am not challenging that in particular, but if the two railroads are responsible for writing the plan, how do you guarantee that people who utilize railroad services, i.e., shippers, have had their input in the designing of the plan?

Let us get right to the point on this.

I want to thank the panel.

Merci, Monsieur Tellier. It is nice to hear someone who does not have an accent testify.

pass legislation such as S. 1103 that would promote the long-term health of the nation's railroads by allowing free-market forces to operate in a truly competitive manner.

But you may have one in mind.