Compounding troubles in the rail industry is the fact that train lengths are growing and so are the number of major dera...
the short line freight industry is safe, and getting safer.
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...
Make no mistake, it is railroad greed that I believe has caused this committee to call us here today.
As I started to have folks educate me about this, what I had not realized until I was involved in this bill...
So my point is that we know that we have a commodity in this marketplace that is produced at a market price effectively.
I will note that the process is new. It is relatively untested. It has all sorts of new complexities.
And the way to look at it holistically is to say let's quit importing it, like 60+ major developed nations have done.
The majority of increases in life expectancy have been to those in the top half of the income distribution, and meanwhil...
I have proposed the billionaire income tax, which would mean that billionaires would pay taxes every year.
The wealthy are disproportionately causing the tax cheating problem.
For generations, we have known the harmful and lethal effects of asbestos and the grave threat it poses to public health...
Thank you, Chairman Merkley, for supporting the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act, which is rooted in medical evidence...
Thank you very much. With your permission, we will submit the entire testimony for the record.
Any expert will convey that there is no level of exposure to asbestos that is safe for the human body.
Good. I will just note that as Mr. Simon testified, now two-thirds of the production is done by the new cell membrane.
