"I am very concerned by this trend and suspect that train length will continue to grow with the Class I railroads' implementation of Precision Scheduled Railroading."
"States and localities have tried to address some of the grade crossing issues they face but have a hard time keeping up--often with little financial support from the Federal Government or railroads."
"With only $245 million available nationwide this year for projects through the Section 130 Railway-Highway Grade Crossing Program, many states struggle to cover the costs of multi-million dollar proje..."
"The last time this Committee held a hearing to examine grade crossing issues was 15 years ago."
"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, wo..."
"prepared statement."
"the issue is, and you heard eloquently from Alderman O'Shea and others who raised concerns, that because of pressure from Wall Street, we are moving to destroying the freight industry with Precision S..."
"I thank the chair for holding this important hearing as we work towards surface reauthorization, which will include a robust rail title."
"Thank you, Chairman Lipinski and Ranking Member Crawford, for calling today's hearing to look at issues surrounding grade crossing safety."
"The GSA's own internal watchdog, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), concluded that GSA failed to consider the Emoluments Clauses when evaluating this lease."
"That is outrageous, absolutely outrageous."