REALITY check people…..
The Trump admin threw out stringent railway safety rules and regulations because they cost business….
THAT works for the companies and Republicanbs UNTIL something goes sideways….
THEN?
It’s were are the Feds???
Transporation Sec Buttigieg is due in East Palestine Ohio for a closer look….
The EPA Director has already been there….
Donald Trump was there today….
The White House is firing back at Republicans following the toxic East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, blaming the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress for undoing Obama-era rail safety measures designed to avert such disasters.
The aggressive rebuttal came as former President Donald Trump visited East Palestine on Wednesday and Republicans increasingly attack the Biden administration, especially Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, for its response to the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that unleased toxic chemicals.
“Congressional Republicans and former Trump Administration officials owe East Palestine an apology for selling them out to rail industry lobbyists when they dismantled Obama-Biden rail safety protections as well as EPA powers to rapidly contain spills,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Among safety rollbacks cited by the White House, the Trump administration withdrew a 2015 proposal to require advanced braking systems on trains carrying highly flammable materials, ended regular safety audits of railroads and scrapped a proposal to require at least two crew members on freight trains….
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“There is only one way they can prove that they are finally disowning their long history of giveaways to rail industry management at the expense of communities like East Palestine: work across the aisle with us to put Obama-Biden protections back in place and go further, including with higher fines for rail pollution and properly equipping the EPA.” ….
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Nearly three weeks since the incident near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, East Palestine residents are still reeling with uncertainty as state and federal officials pledge to address their health concerns.
While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Transportation Safety Board continue to investigate the derailment, residents of East Palestine have complained about headaches and skin rashes and raised environmental fears and potential long-term effects.