A U.S. Senator says Congress is ready to step in to avoid a railroad strike.
Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley tells Brownfield in late September there were enough votes to pass a bill that would keep freight moving if rail companies and labor unions could not come to terms voluntarily.
“And I think we’re in a position to do that again (and) it’s a ‘must be’ position to be in (because) we can’t let the railroads stop.


