Senator Duckworth's Opening Remarks as Ranking Member of Transportation and Safety

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) held her first hearing as the new Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety about improving safety and reliability of our nation’s freight transportation system and intermodal connections. The hearing, which featured testimony from Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Executive Director Joe Szabo on reducing freight congestion in the Chicagoland region and elsewhere, was the first in a series of hearings the Subcommittee will hold to prepare for the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill.