From the NARVRE Legislative Office:
Stimulus Relief Aid is desperately needed for Amtrak and rail employees. The Senate took another vacation and has chosen to ignore House passed legislation. A stimulus package is needed now to help American citizens and businesses, due to the c…
NARVRE Membership:
Consider this an update on our continual work opposing proposals for heavier trucks in the U.S. Congress. NARVRE has an ongoing working relationship with the rail carriers (AAR) and rail labor, of course, as the rail industry stands to lose busin…
NARVRE Members: Attached is Action Alert information…
All Amtrak advocates are advising the Senate that we expect them to Act Now.
The House has passed their legislation, and the Senate needs to act.
Now is the Time to Make Your Plan to Vote
See Highlight ( www.vote.org)…Consider this as a courtesy and simple reminder to be prepared to vote on November 3, 2020.
From The National Legislative Director – The Pharmaceutical Industry
On October 10, 2018, a bill titled “Know The Lowest Price Act of 2018”, (S.2553) was passed and signed into law. This legislation stops private insurers from using so-called gag orders that “restricts” pharmacies from offering customers the same d…
Southwest Chief
The bill (HR 6147) that would preserve Amtrak service over the entire current Southwest Chief route has passed out of the Senate and is now headed for a conference committee in the House to reconcile the differences in spending bills from both cha…
From the National Legislative Director
Over the years, we continue to receive different inquiries as to how NARVRE members might assist in our efforts to inform Congress on the existence and operation of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). It is unfortunate that to many Congressional…
Example Communication to Your Representative in the U.S. Congress (Facts on Railroad Retirement)
The Honorable John A. Doe United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Rep. Doe, I am a constituent of yours and reside in City & State. I am a railroad retiree with XX years of service on the XXX Railroad. I am cove…