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Congressional Panel to Review National Impacts of Southern California's Freight Transportation Challenges

Washington DC, May 24, 2013 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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A Congressional panel will hold a hearing in Southern California next week to examine how the region’s unique transportation challenges impact the movement of freight throughout the entire Nation.

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), Chairman of the Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation, will hold the field hearing, entitled “How Southern California Freight Transportation Challenges Impact the Nation,” at 1:30 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Historic Santa Fe Depot, 1170 West 3rd Street, San Bernardino CA 92410.

Duncan’s panel is a special panel of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and was established earlier this year specifically to make recommendations for the improvement of U.S. freight transportation.

Members of the Freight Panel, in addition to Chairman Duncan, who plan to attend Thursday’s hearing include U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler, NY (the Panel’s Ranking Democrat); Gary Miller, CA; Richard Hanna, NY; Daniel Webster, FL; Markwayne Mullin, OK; Corrine Brown, FL; Daniel Lipinski, IL; Albio Sires, NJ; and Janice Hahn, CA.

Witnesses invited to testify at the hearing:

  • Kome Ajise, Deputy Director for Planning and Modal Programs, California Department of Transportation
  • Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director, Southern California Association of Governments
  • Marnie O’Brien Primmer, Executive Director, Mobility 21
  • Scott Moore, Vice President for Public Affairs, Union Pacific
  • Mike Fox, President and CEO, Fox Transportation
  • Rick Richmond, former Chief Executive Officer, Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority

More information about the hearing, including testimony and additional background information, will be posted here as it becomes available. 

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