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Senate questioning focuses on STB independence, merger review and partisan email
Summary
Two nominees to the Surface Transportation Board, Richard Kloster and Michelle Schultz, said they would apply the law impartially on carrier mergers and service disputes if confirmed, while senators pressed both about agency independence and a partisan internal email.
Two nominees to the Surface Transportation Board, Richard Kloster and Michelle Schultz, told the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee they would review merger and service matters impartially if confirmed but faced sustained questioning about agency independence and recent political interventions.
Committee members entered a bipartisan letter expressing concern about ‘‘mass consolidation’’ in the freight rail industry and asked how the STB would approach a likely and potentially monumental merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Both nominees…
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