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For Immediate Release
10/19/07
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Jenilee Keefe w/Inouye 202-224-7824
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Commerce Committee to Examine STB’s Commercial Regulation of Railroads
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board and Regulation Related to Railroads.
This hearing will examine the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) recent and ongoing efforts related to the commercial regulation of railroads, including rulemakings and recent cases. Witnesses will provide their perspectives on the STB and its effectiveness in balancing the commercial needs of railroads and their customers and will provide an update on the Government Accountability Office 2006 report reviewing the freight railroad industry.
Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board and Regulation Related to Railroads
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building
Witnesses: See below
Panel I
The Honorable Charles Nottingham, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board
Ms. JayEtta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, Government Accountability Office
Panel II
Mr. C. Wick Moorman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Mr. David J. McGregor, Senior Vice President, NAFTA Logistics, BASF Corporation
Mr. John Ficker, President, the National Industrial Transportation League
Mr. Robert Carlson, President, North Dakota Farmers Union
Mr. Bill Matheson, President, Schneider Intermodal Services
The Honorable Glenn English, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
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Rockefeller DTV Delay Bill Passes Senate
- Washington, DC – Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the DTV Delay bill by unanimous consent.
“Delaying the upcoming DTV switch is the right thing to do. I firmly believe that our nation is not yet ready to make this transition at this time. The S...
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Rockefeller Announces Compromise on DTV Delay Bill
- Washington, DC – This evening, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, announced a bipartisan compromise to the DTV Delay Act introduced last week.
The amended DTV Delay Act will retain the extension of the digital transition date to June 12, 2009. Additionally, the agreement extends the Federal Communicatio...
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Oceans Policy Scores Victory with Passage of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ocean conservation and research scored a major victory today with the passage of S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. The act includes five bills, originally introduced in the 110th Congress under the leadership of Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), that increase our knowledge of oceans and coastal areas, provide policymakers with i...
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