SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACHUS 312 313 314 315 316 318 319 320 321 325 BLUMENAUER 130 159 248 BOEHLERT 130 131 147 149 150 151 152 153 154 BRUNKENHOEFER 121 234 239 242 CHRISTOFF 265 DELIBERO 98 106 108 DETTMANN 104 105 110 111 112 200 210 215 219 270 283 295 FOWLER 46 47 48 49 55 56 294 295 FOX 86 88 89 FRANKS 24 26 28 32 36 37 39 42 46 50 56 58 62 67 72 73 75 78 83 86 89 90 91 92 93 126 129 130 131 132 136 140 141 142 143 144 147 154 159 164 165 166 167 170 171 172 177 180 213 218 220 225 228 234 238 239 241 243 244 248 253 254 255 256 260 264 265 266 269 270 273 276 280 283 284 285 286 293 294 295 300 303 306 308 311 GAVALLA 167 168 GRANGER 90 91 93 97 98 103 105 106 107 108 112 116 182 183 184 185 186 190 193 194 195 197 199 200 203 206 207 210 211 HAGEN 94 98 104 105 108 109 110 112 HALL 173 183 184 189 191 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 HANAS 206 207 217 218 HUCKER 228 241 INCLIMA 116 123 221 239 ITZKOFF 249 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 JONES 112 120 122 124 225 240 296 309 314 316 322 LAUBY 67 83 84 85 89 90 93 198 LIPINSKI 130 155 156 157 159 170 LOFTUS 203 211 214 219 273 284 292 MARCEAU 238 239 MASLANKA 306 311 313 320 MATTHEWS 177 MATTINGLY 300 310 312 313 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 324 MICA 78 80 81 82 83 120 121 122 123 124 125 MOLITORIS 26 33 37 39 40 42 43 44 45 47 48 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 63 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 80 81 82 85 86 87 88 91 92 93 159 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 MOORE-EDE 132 136 142 143 145 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 155 156 157 NADLER 50 51 52 53 56 OBERSTAR 28 PARRY 303 313 323 324 PITTS 130 PRENDERGAST 276 293 REAUTHORIZATION OF THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRAT 1 3 ROSE 280 285 289 291 ROSEKIND 132 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 149 151 153 154 158 SCHEINBERG 261 264 265 266 267 268 269 SWEEDLER 199 VOLKMANN 180 185 186 187 188 WISE 26 42 43 44 45 46 53 55 56 57 61 75 76 77 78 83 84 85 86 108 109 110 111 112 123 124 128 144 145 146 167 168 170 186 187 188 189 190 196 197 214 215 216 217 218 220 241 242 246 256 257 258 259 260 266 267 268 269 270 286 290 291 293 321 322 323 324 325 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS TESTIMONY OF JOLENE M. MOLITORIS, ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION PAGE 33 TESTIMONY OF JOLENE M. MOLITORIS, ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION; AND ROBERT C. LAUBY, PE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF RAILROAD SAFETY, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD PAGE 63 TESTIMONY OF JAMES A. HAGEN, PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS, ACCOMPANIED BY CHARLES E. DETTMANN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY; AND SHIRLEY A. DELIBERO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW JERSEY TRANSIT, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION PAGE 94 TESTIMONY OF LEROY JONES, VICE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, ACCOMPANIED BY JAMES BRUNKENHOEFER, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNIT; AND RICK INCLIMA, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND SAFETY, BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES PAGE 112 TESTIMONY OF DR. MARK R. ROSEKIND, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SCIENTIST, ALERTNESS SOLUTIONS, INC., CUPERTINO, CA; AND DR. MARTIN MOORE-EDE, CEO AND PRESIDENT, CIRCADIAN TECHNOLOGIES PAGE 132 TESTIMONY OF JOLENE M. MOLITORIS, ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ACCOMPANIED BY GEORGE A. GAVALLA, ACTING ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SAFETY, AND DANIEL C. SMITH, ASSISTANT CHIEF COUNSEL FOR SAFETY PAGE 159 TESTIMONY OF GERRI L. HALL, PRESIDENT, OPERATION LIFESAVER, INC.; ROBERT A. MATTHEWS, PRESIDENT, RAILWAY PROGRESS INSTITUTE; AND RICHARD T. VOLKMANN, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION, INC PAGE 173 TESTIMONY OF JAMES E. HALL, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, ACCOMPANIED BY ROBERT LAUBY, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF RAILROAD SAFETY, AND BARRY SWEEDLER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS PAGE 190 TESTIMONY OF CHARLES E. DETTMANN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SAFETY AND OPERATIONS, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; GERALD R. HANAS, GENERAL MANAGER, NORTHERN INDIANA COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION; AND WILLIAM E. LOFTUS, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION PAGE 200 TESTIMONY OF RICK INCLIMA, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND SAFETY, BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES; THOMAS G. HUCKER, VICE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE-CANADA, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, ACCOMPANIED BY LEROY JONES, VICE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE; AND JAMES M. BRUNKENHOEFER, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, ACCOMPANIED BY RICHARD MARCEAU, VICE PRESIDENT PAGE 221 TESTIMONY OF DONALD M. ITZKOFF, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, ACCOMPANIED BY GRADY C. COTHEN, JR., DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR, SAFETY STANDARDS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PAGE 249 TESTIMONY OF PHYLLIS F. SCHEINBERG, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY JOSEPH CHRISTOFF, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HELEN DESAULNIERS, SENIOR ATTORNEY, AND BONNIE LEER, EVALUATOR PAGE 261 TESTIMONY OF CHARLES E. DETTMANN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SAFETY AND OPERATIONS, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; WILLIAM E. LOFTUS, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION; THOMAS F. PRENDERGAST, PRESIDENT, LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION; AND MATTHEW K. ROSE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILROAD PAGE 270 TESTIMONY OF LEROY JONES, VICE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS; J.L. MATTINGLY, VICE PRESIDENT, BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN; AND JAMES J. PARRY, ASSISTANT GENERAL PRESIDENT, BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CARMEN DIVISION, TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL UNION, ACCOMPANIED GARY MASLANKA, REPRESENTATIVE, TRANSPORTATION WORKERS UNION PAGE 296 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS