Key Vote: Oppose Amendment on “Railway Safety Act”

Americans for Tax Reform urges all members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to oppose Amendment No.094 offered by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) that would implement the so-called Railway Safety Act.

Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, released the following statement opposing the amendment:

“The Railway Safety Act is a war on affordability. It raises the cost of everything that moves by rail. The RSA makes everything more expensive for American families while lining the pockets of left-wing union bosses.”

The RSA is a handout to left-wing union bosses disguised as a transportation safety bill. Provisions such as mandated unionized staffing increases and limits on the usage of technological advancements would do nothing to help rail safety, but it would put more union dues in the pockets of union bosses while adding billions of dollars in new costs for American consumers.

A coalition of more than two-dozen conservative organizations oppose the RSA, warning the bill will cause “raising freight costs, slowing the movement of energy commodities, and discouraging the very innovation needed for safer, more efficient rail operations.”