House T&I Committee convenes panel to study freight transport
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has convened a new panel—the “Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation”—which is “tasked with examining the current state of freight transportation in the United States and how improving freight transportation can strengthen the U.S. economy.”
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