COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon, Chairman

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
HARRISON "JACK" SCHMITT, New Mexico
JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri
NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM, Kansas
LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota
SLADE GORTON, Washington
TED STEVENS, Alaska
BOB KASTEN, Wisconsin

HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
J. JAMES EXON, Nebraska
HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

WILLIAM M. DIEFENDERFER, Chief Counsel
GERALD J. KOVACH, General Counsel
ANNE GAVAGHAN, Staff Director
KATHY MEIER, Staff Counsel

AUBREY L. SARVIS, Minority Chief Counsel
EDWIN K. HALL, Minority General Counsel
PEYTON L. WYNNS, Minority Professional Staff Member

CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Danforth.

Opening statement by Senator Pressler

Opening statement by Senator Cannon..

Text of H.R. 3663....

LIST OF WITNESSES

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Hitchcock, Cornish F., director, Transportation Consumer Action Project.........

Prepared statement

Lewis, Hon. Drew, Secretary of Transportation, accompanied by John Fowler,

General Counsel; and Charles Swinburn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Policy..

Prepared statement

McCracken, William L., senior vice president, Greyhound Lines, Inc.; Theo-

dore Knappen, senior vice president, Trailways, Inc.; and Daniel Prins,

president, Jefferson Lines, Inc...

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Prepared statement of:

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Mr. McCracken

Supplemental statement

Mr. Knappen

Mr. Prins.

Miller, Hon. James C., III, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.

Prepared statement

Shapleigh, John C., commissioner of the Missouri Public Service Commission,

representing the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners,

accompanied by Paul Rodgers, administrative director and general counsel;

Rita Barmann, director of congressional relations; and Michael Foley, direc-

tor of financial analysis

Prepared statement

Sheldon, George H., Governmental Operations Committee, Representative

Florida State House of Representatives......

Prepared statement

Sherlock, Norman R., president and chief executive officer, American Bus

Association, accompanied by Charles Webb, legal counsel; William B. Gross-

man, president, National Tour Brokers Association; Wayne Smith, execu-

tive director, United Bus Owners Association; and John A. Grady, presi-

dent, Bus Traffic Association.....

Prepared statement of:

Mr. Sherlock

Mr. Grossman

Mr. Smith.

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Mr. Grady..

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Snyder, J. R., national legislative director, United Transportation Union,

accompanied by Edward D. Friedman, legislative counsel

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Prepared statement

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Taylor, Hon. Reese H., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, accom-

panied by Bob Shepherd, Chief of Staff; and Jan Rosenak, legislative coun-

sel.

Binder, Robert Henri, president, Transportation Association of America,
statement..

Canby, Anne P., New Jersey commissioner of transportation, statement..
Foy, Stanley, statement on behalf of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Hansen, Lowell, II, president, Jack Rabbit Lines, Inc., Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,
statement..

Hennessy, William C., Commissioner, New York State Department of Trans-
portation, statement

Lett, Russ, Professional Bus Drivers Citizen's Band Radio Association, Inc., letter of March 2, 1982.

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Prins, Daniel F., president, Jefferson Lines, Inc., letter of March 15, 1982
Schmitt, Hon. Harrison H., U.S. Senator from New Mexico, statement
Whitlock, Bennett C., Jr., American Trucking Associations, Inc., letter and
statement of March 22, 1982....

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Wright, Waymon, executive director, Minority Trucking Transportation Development Corp., statement.

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