…question of how to achieve a first-class national passenger rail system is not occurring in a vacuum. As this Committee is well aware, the list of recent significant infrastructure failures…
…a higher level of accountability, FRA’s proposal will instead foster deniability, and generate fear and mistrust of the FRA. In fact the NTSB in its report on the Graniteville accident…
…Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act enjoys broad bipartisan support of 21 Democratic and 11 Republican cosponsors. Companion legislation passed the House on the suspension calendar by 314 to 97. I urge…
…stations performing maintenance work on U.S. commercial aircraft. On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) I urge you to support this common sense amendment and reject any second-degree…
…Transportation labor supports this change because it would provide independent review of proceedings from an individual outside of the Coast Guard chain of command. Title XI would improve the Coast…
…dollar private company, not only would CSX be immune from having to pay for its own wrongdoing but the state of Florida and its taxpayers would be left on the…
…investment pales in comparison. China is not alone in its willingness to make investments that advance its future global competitiveness. Smaller countries are equally committed to investing in the future…
Chairman Max Baucus Senate Finance Committee 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Ranking Member Charles Grassley Senate Finance Committee 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear…
Dear Senator: As the Commerce Committee continues to review the Administration’s cross-border trucking program, I wanted to share with you the attached policy statement recently agreed to by the Transportation…
SAN DIEGO – Holding Amtrak accountable to its new contractual obligations, defending aviation employees against airline mergers and protecting transportation workers from the harmful effects of unfair trade policies are…