my question is for mister primus. i appreciated the opportunity to speak with you earlier this week about your nomination to the board and i'd like to start today by continuing our conversation about competitive switching. competitive switching would increase railroad competition and market forces over railways. simply put, the current rules are not working for rail shippers or the public interest . this rulemaking has been swallowed before the service transportation board was recently because of empty seats on the board. i look forward to the day when i do not have to ask nominees for a commitment to take up competitive switching proposals. but i think that it is so necessary to provide competitive rail service so if confirmed, would you commit to moving forward with the pending rulemaking on competitive switching? >> senator baldwin, let me also say i enjoyed having the opportunity to sit and talk with you and about the issues that are of concern to you and i can say right now that i will commit to working with you,

primus: yes. ms. feinberg: yes. mr. koos: yes. enator wicker: let me say it's no secret that the ranking member and i are supporters of passenger rail. it plays a very important role in our economy. i would like to see it enhanced and expanded and i assume all of our witnesses feel that way, too. for ms. feinberg and mayor koos, i hope you now by now, i have long service for the gulf coast route from new orleans to mobile. the southern rail commission has received a consolidated improvements grant awarded for $33 million. ms. feinberg, you are familiar with this because in a prelves position, you came down and rode train with me and state officials and federal officials and saw for yourself at each stop local support for gulf coast service. are you committed to working with me to restore this route if confirmed? >> i am. i remember that trip fondly. that was a lovely day and i was realm nissing it with your staff. and it was a beautiful day in new orleans and it was a great day for amtrak. so i continue to be supportive of returni

primus gained valuable expertise on matters involving rail policy. his legislative experience includes work on the surface transportation re-authorization act of 2015. after graduating from hampton university, mr. primus began his career on the hill with the late senator frank lautenberg, a distinguished member of this committee. the amtrak board of directors provides guidance and direction to national railroad passenger corporation or amtrak. sara feinberg is one of two nominees to be a director of the amtrak board of directors and she joins us by video link. ms. feinberg has notable experience in passenger rail matters. she is currently the interim president of the new york city transit, the largest transit system in north america. from 2015 to 2017, she served as the acting administrator and ad mrtor of the federal railroad administration. while serving in this role she was transportation secretary -- she was -- she was transportation secretary anthony fox's designee to the amtrak board. she formerly served as chief of staff at the u.s. department

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