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Amtrak Acela Brake Issues House

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today, on behalf of Secretary Mineta, to discuss recent developments concerning Amtrak’s Acela high-speed trains. I will explain what the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) knows regarding the...

Intercity Passenger Rail Service (Amtrak)

Mr. Chairman, Senator Murray, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to address the urgent need for reform of intercity passenger rail service before further appropriations are provided to Amtrak.

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you, on behalf of Secretary Mineta, to discuss highway-rail grade crossing safety. Since June 1 of this year, my responsibility has been to lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the agency charged...

Reforming Intercity Passenger Rail

Mr. Chairman, Ranking member Brown, and members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to appear before you to again underscore the need for reform of intercity passenger rail service. As I have testified previously, the Administration wants to save and improve intercity passenger rail.

Amtrak Budget Request FY 2007

Chairman Bond, ranking member Murray and other members of the Subcommittee, it is my pleasure today to represent Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta to discuss the Bush Administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2007 as it relates to subsidies for the National Railroad Passenger...

The U.S. Rail Capacity Crunch

Today, I will talk about the economic cost of insufficient capacity and resulting congestion, how the problem only worsens if freight and transportation demand forecasts are accurate, how railroads have up until now been meeting demand growth with strategic investments, and how more will be needed...

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program

Chairman LaTourette, Ranking Member Brown and other members of the Subcommittee, it is my pleasure today to represent Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta to discuss the status of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) implementation of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement...

Transit and Rail Security Training ( Joint Testimony with FTA)

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). I am pleased to have this opportunity, with my colleague, William Fagan, Director of Security at the Federal...

Rail Safety and Security

Chairman Inouye, Vice Chairman Stevens, and other members of the Committee, I am pleased to be here today to testify, on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation, about the security of our Nation's passenger and freight railroad network and the efforts that the Department of Transportation (DOT)...