Sam Graves: “We have not forgotten your losses, and I assure you we all share the same goal--ensuring our system remains the safest…”

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.

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure project in the entire country.

I don't have any further speakers, so I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

We appreciate the opportunity to submit our concerns about DOT's efforts with the Department of Education to expand the definition of vending machine.