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Rail Safety Reauthorization

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Time:  10:00 AM
Location:  SR

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has the primary responsibility for regulating the safety of railroads in the United States. The FRA’s last authorization was enacted in 1994 and expired in 1998, and the agency has since been operating without an authorization of its programs. Several attempts have been made during the past several years to reauthorize the FRA’s safety program. The hearing will examine the continued effort to reauthorize the FRA’s rail safety program.

Opening Remarks

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton

    United States Senator
    New York

  • Charles E. Schumer

    United States Senator
    New York

Testimony

  • Robert Sumwalt

    Vice Chairman
    National Transportation Safety Board

  • Katherine Siggerud

    Director, Physical Infrastructure Team
    Government Accountability Office
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  • Kurt Hyde

    Assistant Inspector General
    Office of Surface and Maritime Programs, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General
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  • Jo Strang

    Associate Administrator for Safety
    Federal Railroad Administration

Witness Panel 2

  • Edward Wytkind

    President
    Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

  • Edward Hamberger

    President and CEO
    Association of American Railroads
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  • Richard F. Timmons

    President
    American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
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