A bill introduced by U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) that would address unreliable service and the high costs of rail shipping earned the support of the American Chemistry Council on Thursday.
The Reliable Rail Service Act would ensure the largest freight railroads would provide reliable service at reasonable rates to deliver products to market more efficiently and bring consumer costs down. The ACC said it supports the legislation because a recent survey of its members found that nearly a third felt rail service problems were worse in the second half of last year, and that more than three quarters felt service was worse that before the pandemic.
