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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
I find it hard to believe that we would have seen the kind of action that we needed to see taken had it not been for the agency and for the attention, obviously, the Congress has paid to this issue.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Thune questions the railroads' responsiveness without Congressional pressure.

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