Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “I hope that we can work together — Democrats and Republicans — to put a much-needed, long-overdue check on Big Rail and make sure another East Palestine never happens.”
In a speech on the Senate floor earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) condemned Senate Republicans for pushing “self-regulation” of the railroad industry in the aftermath of the toxic East Palestine derailment. Such dangerous political games would make the industry less safe by allowing the railroads to transport more hazardous materials without proper oversight. Schumer also urged fellow Senators to support the Railway Safety Act of 2023, which would tighten safety regulations and mandate two-person train crews. “I hope that we can work together — Democrats and Republicans — to put a much-needed
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “I hope that we can work together — Democrats and Republicans — to put a much-needed, long-overdue check on Big Rail and make sure another East Palestine never happens.”, long-overdue check on Big Rail and make sure another East Palestine never happens,” Schumer said. “And I commend the bipartisan legislation, led by the senators from Ohio, Senator Brown, a Democrat, and Senator Vance, a Republican, to move things forward.”