Peter DeFazio: “Natural disasters have become more frequent, more intense, and, of course, more damaging and costly.”

Being Chair of the Committee over the past four years has been the highlight of my 36-year career.

The idiots in the Senate have been unable to approve the Law of the Sea Treaty, so, we don't have full standing to object to Russia continually extending claims further and further into the Arctic region.

So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility charge so we have a user fee which pays…

Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced legislation last Congress that all rail labor unions and shipper groups from a wide array of industries, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC) endorsed.