Chairs DeFazio, Payne Issue Statements From Hearing on Relevance of Rail for Economic, Environmental Progress
March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, issued the following opening remarks on March 10, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Full Steam Ahead for Rail: Why Rail is More Relevant Than Ever for Economic and Environmental Progress":
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Chair DeFazio:
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