Misnamed ‘Railway Safety Act’ advances in House
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The misleadingly named Railway Safety Act pushed by the Trump administration was inserted in the Build America 250 Act today and passed out of the House transportation committee. It imposes new government mandates without improving rail safety, as CEI experts explain.
Iain Murray, CEI senior fellow:
“The House Committee has hit every American in the pocketbook. Household costs will rise with no rail safety benefit, all to enable labor union bosses to collect more dues from their members to donate to progressive causes.”
Sean Higgins, CEI labor policy expert:
“Railroads should be on the cutting edge of automation since they don’t use public roads, waterways, or the sky. A two-person mandate won’t make rails any safer, but it will slow innovation at a time when our supply chain needs to be modernized.”
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