Valerie Foushee: “I am hopeful that this committee will focus on this important matter because we have not yet held a hearing on the…”

He encouraged the railroads to join with Congress and regulators to improve safety, rather than continue to fight against proposed safety reforms.

It is crucial to bring these worlds together to ensure that firefighters and first responders possess the knowledge and the technical capabilities that they need to respond to EV fires safely and effectively.

With all the funds available to our communities from the BIL and the IIJA, I have heard from many towns and counties in my district, particularly in rural areas, that they don't even know where to begin accessing these funds.

Freight rail is essential to our Nation's economy, but over the last 10 years, freight rail movements declined.