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On the recordSeptember 14, 2010
for the first time in 30 years, this committee reported out a bill, in a bipartisan manner, that would update our rail regulations.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Highlights a significant bipartisan effort to update rail regulations.

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