Now, what makes us competitive is getting our product to market, but the manufacture of the imports is all going over ov...
the current highway bill expires at the end of this Fiscal Year, which is September 30.
I'd like to see the processes streamlined so that you can deliver projects more efficiently.
Without rail access, the expense to raise a crop would increase significantly.
if such climate legislation is to pass, it should not result in a rural state, like South Dakota, being required to take...
But, if we just continue to raise the inherent cost of manufacturing in this society, all that's going to do is push thi...
I think, kind of, all rules are off when that happens, and we do believe that, as long as there are general funds coming...
We do believe that there needs to be reform.
On that point, Ms. Richardson, have you ever, sort of, quantified or been able to figure out, when you talk about some o...
Well, we ought to get the rest of you guys in this discussion, right?
Well, let me just, in closing, say there's no question this is a hugely important issue to South Dakota.
But, some of the ideas under consideration, I think, would involve more dialogue between shippers and railroads.
How about this $9.3-billion investment that has zero cost benefit?
If there's not real reform, I think it'll be a missed opportunity for the future of the highway system.
I think it's difficult for any Member of Congress to get it right when we're talking about something that has been colle...
It seems like a kind of a one-size-fits-all type of legislation that was put in, and it, quite frankly, isn't working on...
They're both high priorities. The tax credit has been a high priority within the short-line industry.
We've got to get more of the heavy stuff to the railroads and the heaviest of stuff off the highways.
