The U.S. must invest additional resources in democracy, rights, and governance programming to support independent media.
I also want to thank Chairman Payne for introducing a stand-alone bill, H.R. 2937, the Rail Passenger Fairness Act.
Can you describe the significance of the proceeding pending before the STB to restore Amtrak's Gulf Coast service?
Thank you for holding today's hearing regarding 'Stakeholder Views on Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization.'
As I said in my oral remarks during the hearing, there are no new pending rate cases before the Board.
As we approach the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board, today is an opportunity to hear from stakeholder...
I have made it a priority of my Chairmanship of this subcommittee to remove barriers that minority and women-owned busin...
Shippers rely on the STB to resolve disputes with railroads, and it is critically important that STB has the tools neces...
NSSGA strongly supports the funding of the STB to ensure it can properly and effectively carry out its statutory duties.
This is a direct result of Russia's incursion into the Ukraine.
Twelve months from now, I think we're going to be talking about the issue of hunger and the disruption of democracies in...
If the Ukrainians are not able to plant their crops over the next couple of months, and it certainly does not look like ...
I think that it would do well for the U.S. to be prepared for the potential disruption in democracies from food supply.
Russia and Ukraine account for, roughly, 14 percent of the global wheat production and even more so about 30 percent of ...
Responsible capitalists do certain things. They serve their investors, obviously, and your member companies have clearly...
I think some of your companies are falling short here. And that is unfortunate, because it gives this system of capitali...
the crisis is already having an impact on what is an already dire situation with making it worse, wheat prices jumping a...
It is absurd to me that there is any doubt as to why people are not interested in hiring out at the railroads right now.
