Senior transportation policymakers are calling for passage of several big-picture supply chain-centric bills with the congressional August recess approaching. A bill recently introduced in the Senate meant to improve freight rail connectivity is the latest in this series of measures awaiting consideration in Congress. The Reliable Rail Service Act, sponsored by Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, would pursue certain updates to operations at the Surface Transportation Board. Doing so, the sponsors insisted, would promote reliability across the freight rail network.

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