i was informed that they are doing upheavals in their crew. they are beginning 12-hour days with shorter layoffs. that's something that in committee i want to look at. i wrote and asked about that. they said we're still talking with the unions. the unions told us that they wanted to begin with union station and go to these 12-hour days, to do essentially crew changes, which they believe would make the line more efficient. but obviously, i can't believe it will make it more safe. >> congresswoman, have those changes begun? have the workdays increased already? or is that happening in the future? >> some have already begun. they wanted to do the 12-hour days and the layoffs that would be shorter beginning with the union station hub. >> back to the geography politics for a minute. the ridership on average in republican districts i think is