[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 184 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8671]
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                               RAIL LABOR

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand full force behind the 
rail workers of our Nation and those of my home State of Ohio.
  Rail workers deserve our thanks and respect for the backbreaking work 
they do 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But rail chieftains and rail 
robber barons, who are owned by giant Wall Street companies live high 
off the hog in salaries and stock awards from the sweat of railroad 
workers.
  Railroad companies operate like oligopolies, putting their selfish 
interests above our national interests.
  No raises for their workers in the last decade?
  No paid sick days?
  U.S. railroads have become way too big for their own britches.
  Last year, railroads earned a record $20 billion in profits, but they 
refused to allow their workers 7 paid sick days.
  Really? Yes. Greedy and uncaring.
  How many paid sick days and vacation days do the rail barons siphon 
off from the workers?
  Owned by faceless absentee Wall Street funds, U.S. railroads have 
become a national illness.
  They treat with equal disdain their workers and the communities that 
must endure their rude behavior and neglect of rail installations. 
Shame on them.
  Stand with America's rail workers that join our Nation from coast to 
coast and haul over 40 percent of the goods we move in this Nation.

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