Senators will hear from the country’s only privately-run high speed railroad Wednesday as they start working on the next five-year surface transportation bill.
Husein Cumber, president of Brightline Holdings, will be among the witnesses as the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation digs into rail issues, in a hearing titled, “On the right track: Modernizing America’s railroads.”
Other witnesses will include the head of the Association of American Railroads and a representative of the Association of Short Line Railroads.
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The most recent surface transportation law — the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act — pumped $550 billion in new funding into transportation projects, including $66 billion into rail of all types.
