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Weeks after a massive train derailment in Ohio resulted in a fiery wreck and the release of hazardous chemicals, fingers are being pointed to and from the Department of Transportation. At issue is whether work and safety standards are up to snuff, and whether cost-cutting measures could be to blame for the derailment in"Profit and expediency must never outweigh the safety of the American people,"said in a statement issued Tuesday morning."We at USDOT are doing everything in our power to improve rail safety, and we insist that the rail industry do the same – while inviting Congress to work with us to raise the bar.
Buttigieg's statement accompanied an announcement from the DOT calling for"a three-pronged push to hold the freight rail industry accountable and improve safety." This includes adopting the use of safer tank cars, new inspection technologies, protection for workers who report unsafe conditions, and congressional action to impose stiffer penalties for violations.
"Rather than support these efforts to improve rail safety, Norfolk Southern and other rail companies spent millions of dollars in the courts and lobbying members of Congress to oppose common-sense safety regulations, stopping some entirely and reducing the scope of others," Buttigieg wrote.
Railroad CEOs need to start going to prison.
He’s a mess
It’s what Fox News lacks the spine to talk about. Like how a now deregulated industry may have been culpable. Yet now there are cries to regulate…again.
Biden didn’t roll back safety regulations. See Trump for that.
Democrats sure know how to point fingers. DO something!!!
The groundhog needs to crawl back in his hole. We send billions to Ukraine, risking nuclear war, while turning its back on Americans in Ohio.
Idiot
That’s correct because under the trump administration, he relaxed, transportation regulations with regards to railways. You might also wanna talk to the president of that line, because he was the one who detonated the toxic chemicals that went into the River.
This isn’t caboose Pete’s type of trains
This administration is so horrible for the country, they care about themselves, their party, and anyone but Americans and America. They live to use scare tactics and pandering to hold on to their base. Maybe there are too many white in the town for Pete. The new racism.