Senate questioning focuses on STB independence, merger review and partisan email Richard Kloster and Michelle Schultz, nominees to the Surface Transportation Board, told the Senate Commerce Committee they would apply the law impartially on major rail matters including a prospective Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger. Senators pressed nominees about an agency email that blamed Democrats for the shutdown and raised Hatch Act,​

Nominees to the Surface Transportation Board face tough questions about political independence while navigating a potential game-changing merger in the freight rail industry.

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