Thank you, Madam Chair.
My question goes to the officials, but also to Ms. Block.
Ever since the beginning, when we talked about interswitching, it was about the economic advantage that a shipper can get. Now, we have just been told that all those who are subject to an exception would have no right to the competitive advantage. I wonder whether we are putting the problem in the right place.
In the transportation of hazardous materials, I understand that we do not want to increase the risk by doing this interswitching, but is that the real problem? If we are transporting hazardous materials, like petroleum in the DOT-111 cars, the problem is not about the interswitching but about the cars themselves. In my opinion, we should solve this problem in a way other than through this provision in the bill. I see no reason to deprive a grain producer, or a producer of anything else, of an economic advantage, if the problem is with the car in which products are transported.
Am I wrong?