Congress must follow Chairman Nehls' lead and pass the Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024 to codify this lifesaving necessity into law.
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Data does not exist that a reduction in crew size would improve rail safety whatsoever.
C3RS should be the rule, rather than the exception. This bill does that.
This legislation and ensuring proper inspections are being performed so that unsafe equipment is removed from the rails can make things safer.
I would like to thank you and your team on the hard work and thorough final report. You did a great job.
We MUST take decisive action to ensure the safety and security of our nation's rail network by passing HR8996.
Taking Senator Vance's bill, and adding these four safety provisions, makes this a very good rail safety bill, and I humbly ask for your support because it's the right thing to do.
The idea that we do not evolve in the safety realm is indefensible.
Taking Senator Vance's bill and adding these four safety provisions makes this a very good rail safety bill, and I humbly ask for your support because it is the right thing to do.
I think, by and large, it is good. Obviously, there can be some downside, as well.
This draft even strips protections for wildlife against deafening air gun blasting, potentially putting the critically endangered Rice's whale on a path to extinction.
Prices are still high, and communities are still paying the costs of increased pollution and an increasingly unlivable climate.
Americans aren't seeing any of the promised benefits of this so-called energy dominance.
This bill is oil and gas above all. The discussion draft before us today further skews the Federal offshore oil and gas program towards development.
A Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.
During the Obama administration, the numbers did not fluctuate in any unusual manner.
In 2011, during the Obama administration, BOEM reported 90 billion barrels of oil, and 405 trillion cubic feet of gas.