Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is crafting a plan that would hit oil companies with a new surtax if their profit...
It is life changing.
The safety implications of this practice are, of course, considerable.
The Nation needs the railroads to grow markets, not shed traffic or 'collar' cars.
Operation Lifesaver, which this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1972, is a non-profit public saf...
All seven of the Class I railroads have implemented some form of precision scheduled railroading (PSR), which focuses on...
It appears that the major railroads are willing to undertake operations that they know to be unnecessarily problematic f...
the short line freight industry is safe, and getting safer.
This is evidenced by multiple amputations and crushing injuries recently occurring to newly promoted conductors.
With so much change happening in this industry, this hearing provides an opportunity to examine the current state of fre...
The trajectory for rail safety is alarming, especially if PSR continues with its status quo.
Employees fortunate enough to have not been affected by the cuts are now voluntarily walking away from what was once the...
We know that weather events are increasing in frequency and severity because of climate change.
I worked in the past with Ranking Member Lucas and others on the historic and bipartisan Weather Research and Forecastin...
Make no mistake, it is railroad greed that I believe has caused this committee to call us here today.
Compounding troubles in the rail industry is the fact that train lengths are growing and so are the number of major dera...
Good. I will just note that as Mr. Simon testified, now two-thirds of the production is done by the new cell membrane.
The threat posed by asbestos affects all Americans the same. It doesn't matter what party they belong to, and the soluti...
