Testifying before House T&I Committee about Wyoming's rail service crisis

20% of US energy comes from coal, and 40% of American coal comes from Wyoming. Without coal, the lights don't come on, yet this industry which regularly requires dozens of trains per day has dropped by millions of tons due to failures of trains to arrive.

Coal is not the only area crippled by this continuing transportation failure. Bentonite, trona, soda ash, and even agriculture in Wyoming is dependent on rail service, and failure to resume normal operation levels will result in Americans and international consumers finding these resources from other places, such as China.