Operation Lifesaver, which this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1972, is a non-profit public saf...
We know that weather events are increasing in frequency and severity because of climate change.
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.
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.
I worked in the past with Ranking Member Lucas and others on the historic and bipartisan Weather Research and Forecastin...
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.
We are for saving Social Security.
The wealthy are disproportionately causing the tax cheating problem.
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.
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...
