‘A Complete Train Wreck’: Consumer Groups Push Back on Rail Safety Bill

CEI’s Iain Murray, vice president for strategy and senior fellow was quoted by DC Journal regarding the Railway Safety Act.

And adding regulations, however good the intentions, adds costs. And those costs are paid by consumers at the grocery store.

“Rail is fundamental to how we get goods across the country, and especially commodities and inputs that industries use,” said Iain Murray, vice president for strategy and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “Without an efficient, well-functioning rail network, the price of everything is going to go through the roof. Citizens should be looking beyond the title of a bill and asking: Would this really do what legislators claim, or are they just looking for a cheap soundbite?”

The letter went to Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Ted Cruz of Texas and Tim Scott of South Carolina, and Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Maria Cantwell of Washington and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. They lead the Senate committees responsible for environment and public works; commerce, science and transportation; and banking, housing and urban affairs.

Read the full article at the DC Journal.