"The rail system is broken, and it needs fixing. We need you to fix it, or we will."
"Rail labor and shippers really haven't agreed on many things, but they both recommend that we do a better job of defining the common carrier obligation."
"I mean, yes, my State actually partnered with Union Pacific--I hope they are listening--to do more sidings between Eugene and Portland, where we have trains that can run faster than the freight track ..."
"I do believe that where existing rail lines can continue to be used for rail they should be, and where abandoned lines can be brought back into rail service in a way that makes economic sense and has ..."
"I strongly encourage the board to make the use of passenger rail a condition in the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merger."
"The Class Is finally acknowledge they have a service problem, but in statements made before us three months ago and your Board a month ago, they don't acknowledge that there is a fundamental problem w..."
"We have tremendous opportunities with the bipartisan infrastructure bill, or the IIJA, or whatever you want to label it."
"We also need to continue to protect Davis-Bacon prevailing wage. We want people to get a fair wage for their work."
"Oregon, my home State, has been on the forefront of addressing historical underrepresentation of women, minorities, and disadvantaged individuals in the construction trades."
"I would invite the gentleman and others to join me on my windfall profits tax bill."
"A lot of this is price gouging driven by the largest corporations in the world, who are all enjoying record profits at the expense of the American people."
"At least let's take on the oil industry with a windfall profits tax, and go after their price gouging."