Rick Larsen actually said...

"Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Ranking Member Payne, for holding this hearing."

"Trains have been getting longer and longer, some as long as 5 miles out West."

"Class I's have to hire and retain more workers, return locomotives and rail yards to service, and increase training for workers, especially the new, inexperienced ones, so they can provide more and sa..."

"We can't expect more freight to move by rail in more places--which I support as part of a cleaner, greener, surface transportation network--if railroads continue with congestion embargoes, which effec..."