House Panel Examines Rail Security Issues

Freight railroads were once again in the spotlight last week as a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee panel held a hearing regarding improving security of the nation’s rail and road network, which several groups say remains vulnerable to terrorist attack. The federal government continues to “pay too little attention to protecting our public transit, rail, and over-the-road bus services from terrorist attack,” Representative Corrine Brown (D., FL), who co-chaired the hearing, said in a statement. She cited the bombings in recent...

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