A Year After Ohio Train Derailment, Dem Makes Another Plea For Rail Safety Bill
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Congress has done “absolutely nothing” to prevent future train derailments like the East Palestine disaster, said Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.).
WASHINGTON ― Saturday marks one year since a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spreading toxic chemicals all over the community.
And in that time, Congress has done “absolutely nothing” to make railroads safer, and keeps failing to act on bipartisan legislation to prevent something like that from happening again, Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) said in a Thursday speech on the House floor.
He made the same point again in a Friday letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
The Ohio train derailment “significantly impacted the lives of my constituents across the state line in Beaver Country, Pennsylvania,” Deluzio wrote to Johnson. “I have spent the past year fighting to make freight rail safer for folks like us. It is long past time that Congress takes bipartisan action.”
“Accordingly, I ask that you bring the Railway Safety Act to the floor for a vote before Congress adjourns for the August recess,” he said.
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