One of our most basic responsibilities we have as Members of Congress, and in fact one of the most meaningful acts we can take, is to make i...
Our discussion and our commitment to strengthening the juvenile justice and child welfare systems must be treated with the urgency this impo...
I urge my colleagues in the Senate to take it up, to follow through on our promise to protect our Nation's children from abuse.
I join my colleagues in seeking additional oversight action from the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
I think that is the third one we have just mentioned.
the totally dysfunctional Senate, in writing its version behind closed doors, left out that provision, among many others, that could potenti...
I want freight railroads to be successful. I do. But that success should be defined by the amount of freight they move across the Nation.
Let me be crystal clear that if the STB doesn't move more quickly to rise to the occasion, this committee will legislate.
I urge the STB to incentivize the railroads to act like railroads, and not Wall Street cash cows.
The rail system is broken, and it needs fixing. We need you to fix it, or we will.
If you don't move decisively, and don't rise to this occasion, which is a looming crisis, this committee will legislate.
We are at a point of crisis, and we have to deal with that crisis meaningfully.
The evil ghost of Hunter Harrison lives on. The legacy of this man is disgusting.
Consolidation in the railroad industry has created a system of regional duopolies and the railroads understandable desire to maximize profit...
Rail labor and shippers really haven't agreed on many things, but they both recommend that we do a better job of defining the common carrier...
During a May 11, 2022, Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior hearing to review the fiscal Year 2023 President's Budget for IHS, Sen...
I mean, yes, my State actually partnered with Union Pacific--I hope they are listening--to do more sidings between Eugene and Portland, wher...
