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We must maintain the user pays principle, and find some solutions for putting the Highway Trust Fund on a more sustainable fiscal path.

May I ask for the time remaining on both sides again. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I appreciate your efforts.

I urge the Committee to take long overdue action on rail safety so that passengers and communities with rail in their backyards have a level of safety oversight and protection afforded to other modes of transportation.