Buttigieg told reporters he wants major rail companies to adopt safer tank cars by 2025, rather than 2029 as required under a law passed in 2015.
Buttigieg said he planned to pursue new regulations to boost rail safety "to the extent possible" under current law and would initiate additional focused inspection programs.highlighting prior aggressive industry lobbying to weaken efforts to impose new safety requirements. Separately, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan will visit East Palestine for the second time in less than a week on Tuesday and will announce additional health and safety measures. Buttigieg said "when the time is right" he also plans to visit East Palestine.
"For a multi-billion rail company posting profits in the billions ever year, that is just not enough to have an adequate deterrent effect," he said.
“Urges” like you have the power to do more than that
Resign peewee
Yup the water is safe to drink. Just ask all the vets with cancer from the water at Camp Lejeune. They were also told the water was safe to drink. If this was a minority neighborhood. Democrats would be in PA screaming about the Big Bad White Railroad. Biden doesn’t care!!!
if only the transportation secretary had some power over the transportation of this country then maybe something could be done, but alas...
How about some sick days in a union contract? Oh, wait...
The buttplug
What were Pete's qualifications for this position?
So why are paid for?
The corporations run the country. Pete is toothless.
Imagine if he did his job before this disaster.
Oh wow so he was lying when he said he couldn’t do anything? Weird how all those billionaire news outlets didn’t mention that.
In FY2022, USDOL received 147 whistleblower retaliation cases filed by rail workers under the Federal Railroad Safety Act Of those 147 cases, alleging violations of *existing* safety laws, US DOL found merit in only 0.6% of cases Stop DOL corruption ⬇️
I'll believe it when I see it. Pete Buttigieg has been planted in government to serve the wealthy, not regular people. His purpose is to transfer our wealth to rich thieves no matter the consequences to the rest of us. He has this opportunity to prove me wrong, but he won't.
A bit slow to the draw.
He is not doing his job. This is not a new problem.
That's strange. Those 1000+ train derailments a year never phased him before. With 2+ years in office he's seen 2000+ train derailments and did nothing. Why now?
This fella is an epic failure. 🤡👎🏼
Too little too late. He should resign or be removed
He talks better than doing things…
compel them. they've proven they'll never do the right things voluntarily.
PeteButtigieg should stick with breastfeeding. He’s in way over his head.
Did you mean, 'After relentless pressure to get involved in his actual area of responsibility, SecretaryPete finally appears and makes a statement on derailments?'
This buttisgeh guy is a full of crap. These bolsheviks are doing everything they can do destroy the Western World. These bolsheviks don't give a flying fuck about Americans. They care more about little hats in the ukraine. When is enough, enough?
He is a Epic Failure! He needs to Resign!
空気きれいになりましたあれぐらいでぎりぎりみたいですよ。全てみたいところ。
Great reaction! How about being proactive. Are you just going to let things happen. Nothing is new that you have faced.
SecretaryPete Resign
Pipelines cause spills, trains cause spills. It’s going to happen!! The response is the problem!!!
The GOP has been screaming that it’s Pete’s fault that the accident happened. Now they will start screaming about over reaching regulations impeding the ability of railroads to operate.
HE BETTER look at STANISLAW CALIFORNIA Trains with 100 cars of chemicals sitting there!!! GET TO STEPPIN cuz if I see it crashed all this is for NOTHING!
Spent 2yrs ranting over “racist roads” and “inclusive construction” smh when he could have probably prevented the derailment before it happened if only he took his job seriously!!!🤦🏽♂️
Urge? Can’t he actually impose some standards without congress like how they forced rail workers back to work