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Congressional Activities and Hearings
Congressional Activities
Rail customers are encouraged to contact the President, Members of Congress, and the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to advocate solutions to the problems of the nation's captive rail customers.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee are the two congressional committees with jurisdiction over the laws that govern freight railroads and their primary policies.
The House and Senate Judiciary committees have jurisdiction of the nation’s anti-trust laws.
Congressional Hearings
CURE and its members have been actively involved in supporting legislation ensuring reliable transportation service to all customers at fair and reasonable prices. Listed below are key hearings in which CURE members have provided testimony in 2006.
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads (April 26, 2006)
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (May 25, 2006)
- Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine (June 21, 2006)
Previous Congresses:
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
October 23, 2003: Hearing on Railroad Shipper Issues; S. 919, the Railroad Competition Act of 2003. Key testimony from the hearing:
- The Honorable Roger Nober, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board
- Mr. Edward R. Hamberger, President, Association of American Railroads
- Mr. Terry C. Whiteside, Representative, Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Chairman, Alliance for Rail Competition
- Mr. Charles E. Platz, President, Basell North America, Inc.; President of CURE
- Mr. Randall Linville, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Scoular Company
* Witnesses not necessarily in order of appearance
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee:
Subcommittee on Railroads
March 31, 2004: Hearing on the Status of Railroad Economic Regulation. Key testimony from the hearing:
- The Honorable Roger Nober, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board
- Mr. Terry Huval, Director of Utilities, City of Lafayette, Louisiana
- Mr. Charles E. Platz, President, Basell North America Inc.; President of CURE
- Mr. Steven D. Strege, Executive Vice President, North Dakota Grain Dealers Association
- Dr. Curtis Grimm, Professor of Transportation & Logistics, University of Maryland
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee:
Subcommittee on Railroads
June 26, 2003: Hearing on National Rail Infrastructure Financing Proposals. CURE member testifying:
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