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September 25, 2023Ranking Member Larsen Applauds Investments in Rail Safety, Efficiency, and Reliability, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
— Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) applauded the announcement of this year’s Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant awards, providing more than $1.4 billion for 70 rail projects across 35 states. This funding can be used to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and reliability, mitigate rail congestion, enhance multi-modal transportation, and improve intercit… Continue Reading
September 20, 2023
Ranking Member Larsen Statement from Hearing on the Oversight of DOT’s Policies and Programs
—The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “Oversight of the Department of Transportation’s Policies and Programs.”Video of Larsen’s opening statement is here.More information on the hearing can be found here.Ranking Member Larsen:Thank you, Chairman Graves, for holding this hearing.Welcome, Secretary Buttigieg, and thank you in advance for what may… Continue Reading
September 19, 2023
Ranking Members Larsen, Carbajal Statements from Hearing on Autonomous and Experimental Maritime Technologies
— The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Use and Regulation of Autonomous and Experimental Maritime Technologies.”More information on the hearing can be found here.Ranking Member Larsen:Thank you, Chairman Webster and Ranking Member Carbajal f… Continue Reading
Aviation safety and 5G can coexist, but stakeholders must work together
By Chairs DeFazio and Larsen The rollout of our country's 5G wireless network has been marked by delays, dysfunction and denial. It didn't have to be this way! In 2019, aviation stakeholders, policymakers like us and safety advocates loudly warned it would be a grave mistake to turn on 5G without first ensuring that interference from these powerful networks wouldn't adversely impact aviation safety. Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission ignored and even mocked these concern… Continue Reading
November 23, 2021
Thanks to President Biden, infrastructure is bipartisan again — it needs to stay that way
July 21, 2021
Wall Street is boosting profits in railroads with new technology. But it’s ignoring the drawbacks
In a commentary published in Fortune earlier this month, Ike Brannon and Michael F. Gorman took great liberties in trying to debunk my concerns with precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Please allow me to set the record straight. I have served on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for 34 years, crafting public policy through seven different presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Freight transportation is critical to our economy. The ability to… Continue Reading