Raphael Warnock

I believe that it is important for consumers to have multiple transportation options available when faced with delays and cancellations.

Norfolk Southern is headquartered in Atlanta, and it runs an extensive operation in Georgia that includes 1,700 miles of track.

A healthy U.S. airline industry...depends on a strong and diverse aviation workforce.

I have to tell you that as I move across the state and I talk to Norfolk Southern workers, I am hearing from rail workers that policies around their working conditions are creating safety issues and may have contributed to this accident.

I can't help but see the accident in East Palestine and wonder what would have happened had we instead of watching this in Ohio.

I am hearing from rail workers that policies around their working conditions are creating safety issues and may have contributed to this accident.

Norfolk Southern is headquartered in Atlanta, and it runs an extensive operation in Georgia.

Could you speak more specifically, what more needs to be done, in your view, to protect our citizens and our neighbors from accidents like this?

I am committed to improving the safety culture at Norfolk Southern and throughout the industry.

I look forward to working with you, and with labor, and all of your colleagues to do everything we can to make sure everything is being done to ensure the safe operation of our Nation's rail infrastructure.

I can't help but see the accident in East Palestine and wonder what would have happened had we instead of watching this in Ohio.

I fought to secure funding for middle Georgia State University's School of Aviation in last year's appropriations package.

This relief likely includes many Black farmers in Georgia, farmers I know, like Lucias Abrams of Burke County, Carl Parker in Ashburn, who say that they are still in need of financial assistance for past discrimination.

Every single day matters. It is not as if they are standing still. It gets worse the longer it takes.

I believe Georgia is this country's most important aviation state.

I am proud to be working on aviation workforce legislation to help more schools train students from rural communities.

Every single day matters. It is not as if they are standing still. It gets worse the longer it takes.

As I talk to Georgia farmers they feel like they have been waiting really just to hear, to get some clear communication from USDA, which frankly they do not trust, about what is going on, and it is trust that we have got to work to rebuild.

I believe Georgia is this country's most important aviation state.

We ought to see this not only as a challenge, but an opportunity.

the aviation workforce development legislation that I am working on right now will grow and strengthen the entire industry

I just want to be able to say to these folks, look them in the eye and tell them that relief is on the way.

Will you commit to providing my office in writing a timeline, a timeline for outreach, application, decision, and the expected distribution of this financial assistance to farmers?

This relief likely includes many Black farmers in Georgia, farmers I know, like Lucias Abrams of Burke County, Carl Parker in Ashburn, who say that they are still in need of financial assistance for past discrimination.

Georgia's aviation industry employs more than 108,000 people, spread across more than 800 different companies.