Justice Department Backs Rail Passengers’ Position On On-Time Performance

For Immediate Release (17-21) January 23, 2018 Contact: Xenophon Strategies - (202) 289-4001 --Fight Marches On To Prioritize People Over Freight-- Washington, D.C. – Though the Justice Department recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court not hear a crucial case “at this time” that would pave the way for on-time performance standards to be enforced, it did back the long-standing Rail Passengers’ position on the matter. In a legal brief, Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco, the country’s third-ranking legal official, recognized a Congressional mandate that requires the creation of standards to make trains run on time. He acknowledged that the power to create these standards has been eviscerated by competing court cases brought by the freight rail industry. And,

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