And that then triggers a bunch of safety requirements around braking speeds, notifications to state and local officials, and it lowers the threshold. Currently you've got to have 20 consecutive cars or 35 in the train to classify as high hazard. My bill makes it one. because if a single car has one of these chemicals in, they spill or they're released. That's a risk to people. So my bill changes that, which it should. (01:21–01:28)
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Asserts that his bill changes the classification criteria for high hazard trains to include any train with one hazardous car.
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