So if they were running a 3-mile-long train through mountainous terrain where we could prove or we would know that the inadequate radio systems they have--not satellite-based--couldn't communicate, would that be a safety violation that would be fineable?
DeFazio questions the safety of long trains in challenging terrains due to communication issues.
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He is an honorary member of our union, and I am proud to call him my friend.
But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.
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