A bipartisan group of six senators, including the two from Ohio, introduced rail safety legislation aimed at preventing future derailments following the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.
A bipartisan group of six senators, including the two from Ohio, introduced rail safety legislation Wednesday aimed at preventing future derailments following thein East Palestine, Ohio, that sparked serious health and environmental concerns for the area's residents.
The bill would also bolster the monitoring of wheel bearings, which the National Transportation Safety Boardin the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine. It would impose new safety requirements and procedures for trains carrying hazardous materials like vinyl chloride, which was in five of the tank cars that derailed, and heighten fines for rail carriers for wrongdoing.
"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," Brown said in a statement."Rail lobbyists have fought for years to protect their profits at the expense of communities like East Palestine and Steubenville and Sandusky."
"We owe every American the peace of mind that their community is protected from a catastrophe of this kind," he said in a statement.
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