David Valadao: “167 million tons of freight that were moved by rail in…”

“One of the reasons why I bring this up is 65% of the national locomotive fleet touches California. We're obviously 40 million people. We have major ports all along the coast. Move in products. I think 167 million tons of freight that were moved by rail in California in 2021. employs thousands of people. It's huge for our economy. Where do you stand on this? How do you plan to move forward on this? Hopefully, some common sense will prevail here.” (00:54–01:02)

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