Peter DeFazio: “A significant portion of freight growth and a disproportionate share of the cost of freight movements come from the last…”

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.

As polar ice steadily decreases, new trade routes will emerge, linking Asia, North America, and Europe.

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…

I still don't know why it happened.