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Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board and Regulation Related to Railroads

Hearing
Date:  Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time:  10:00 AM
Location:  SR

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.

Committee Members

  • Frank R. Lautenberg

    Senator

Testimony

  • Charles Nottingham

    Chairman
    Surface Transportation Board
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  • JayEtta Hecker

    Director of the Physical Infrastructure Team
    U.S. Government Accountability Office
    Download document

Witness Panel 2

  • Robert Carlson

    President
    North Dakota Farmers Union
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  • David J. McGregor

    Senior Vice President, NAFTA Logistics
    BASF Corporation
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  • Glenn English

    Corporate Executive Officer
    National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

  • C. Wick Moorman

    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
    Norfolk Southern Corporation
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  • John Ficker

    President
    The National Industrial Transportation League
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