A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation aimed at preventing rail disasters after the devastating derailment in East Palestine last month.
. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have called on Biden administration officials to prioritize addressing the crisis, while some Democrats have faulted Donald Trump with undoing rail safety rules during his tenure as president. Michael Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has visited the derailment site several times as nearby residents suffer from ecological damage.
“It shouldn’t take a massive railroad disaster for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people we serve — not corporations like Norfolk Southern,” Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in a statement. The bill will be introduced by Brown and his Republican counterpart, Sen. JD Vance, who represent the state where the Norfolk Southern derailment occurred. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are also sponsoring the legislation. The toxic plume caused by the derailment has also affected neighboring Pennsylvania.
“Through this legislation, Congress has a real opportunity to ensure that what happened in East Palestine will never happen again," Vance said in a statement."We owe every American the peace of mind that their community is protected from a catastrophe of this kind.”
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