Pipeline safety hearings to take backseat to rail legislation, House Republican says

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rail legislation, House Republican saysnNew leaders of the House Transportation and InfrastructurenCommittee have included pipeline safety in their list of prioritiesnfor the session but signaled that the topic would take a backseatnto railroads.n“Our focus right now is on rail,” said Jeff Urbanchuk, spokesmannfor Representative Bill Shuster, the Pennsylvania Republicannwho is the new chairman of the subcommittee on railroads,npipelines and hazardous materials. “The first couple of hearingsnare going to be on railroads and oversight, but pipelines aren’tngoing to get lost.”