Byron Dorgan: “the electrification of a large segment of our short-haul transportation is highly cost efficient.”

Safety always comes up. There is always an issue of what is happening around them in their environment that causes them concern about their safety.

People's lives are at risk.

I spent much of my time as Chairman of this committee focused on increasing funding for the IHS and trying to force some systemic changes in the bureaucracy that plagues that agency.

The question is not the endpoint. The question is what is the route to get to that endpoint.