WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SCHAUMBURG, IL Last week, in the wake of a disastrous derailment of 29 cars of the Canadian Pacific and the Kansas City Southern Railroads (CPKCS)(link is external) and resulting fires from their hazardous cargo, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) wrote to the heads of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration to address the safety of those who live in the a  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by Anne Marie Lofaso, a law professor at West Virginia University, from a July 9, 2024, hearing entitled "Confronting Union Antisemitism: Protecting Workers From Big Labor Abuses": * * * Good Morning, Chairman Good, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. My name is Anne Marie Lofaso. I am a law professor   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN) workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference voted in late June to authorize a strike. Before a strike can legally occur, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) must issue a ruling outlining shipments required to continue during a work stoppage. CIRB is expected to finalize a ruling in the coming days. U.S. Sena  more