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Thank you Mr. Secretary. Your leadership has made a positive impact on the safety of America’s rail network. The continued strong growth of the national economy has led to record demand for the transportation services provided by America’s railroads. The timely and...
Good morning. Thank you for joining us today. And thank you to Matt Rose for showing me your Network Operations Center. America’s economy is strong and getting stronger every day. This incredible economic growth is leading to greater demands for every type of...
REMARKS FOR
CLIFFORD EBY,
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Amtrak's Crisis. Today Amtrak faces a profound financial crisis. While this is not news, it is a relatively newfound consensus at Amtrak itself, and among its supporters in Congress. Some recent history and a few facts provide useful context....
REMARKS FOR
JOSEPH H. BOARDMAN
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The Administrator’s Award is the highest honorary award that can be bestowed on an employee by the Administrator for rare and distinguished contributions of major significance to the Federal Railroad Administration. In the usual suspenseful manner, I will not immediately...
I have the privilege of introducing the recipient of the Inspector of the Year Award. For those of us in the Office of Safety, this is the most important award of all, because our most important work is done out in the industry where people make safety happen. As an agency, we...
Good afternoon. Every day, trains in America travel more than 1.5 million miles to transport passengers to their destinations and deliver goods to the marketplace. America’s rail system is a vast network of over 233,000 miles of track that stitch the nation together,...