WASHINGTON — Less than a week after a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on the rail industry, a House subcommittee will hold its own session on Tuesday, June 24.
The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials hearing, “America Builds: The Role of Innovation and Technology in a Safe and Efficient Rail System,” at 10 a.m. ET on room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Scheduled to appear are:
— David Shannon, general manager of the freight car telematics alliance RailPulse;
— Brigham McCown, founder and board chairman of the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure;
— Eric Gabhardt, chief technology officer, Wabtec, on behalf of the Railway Supply Institute;
— Tony Cardwell, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Additional information, when it becomes available, will be at this page on the Transportation & Infrastructure website. A live steam will also be available at that page, and on YouTube.
The Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety held its own hearing on modernizing the U.S. rail network on June 18 as part of preparations to address a transportation reauthorization bill in 2026 [see “Senate hearing probes …,” Trains News Wire, June 18, 2025].
