U.S. Senators Urge Rigorous Review of Proposed $185 Billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, joined by 22 Senate colleagues, sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) urging a thorough and independent review of Union Pacific Railroad's proposed $185 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Railway. The senators expressed serious concerns about the potential impacts on competition, workers, and safety, warning that the merger could significantly consolidate the nation's transportation system, slash rail jobs, raise prices for customers and consumers, and create supply chain bottlenecks and greater market instability.