Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One year ago this weekend, my constituents in Beaver county and our East Palestine neighbors lived through Norfolk Southern's disastrous train derailment caused a massive toxic fireball. and we're frankly lucky that no one died. Since then, what has Congress done to protect our communities? To make freight rails safer? Absolutely nothing. (00:15–00:21)
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