It's been months since Norfolk Southern's train derailed just across the border from us in Pennsylvania and East Palestine. So many folks in Beaver county were hurt, evacuated, and have been afraid for their health, their livelihoods. We are working hard to make sure this railroad is held accountable and most importantly for my job as your member of Congress, that we change the law so that freight rail has to be safer. It is no mystery to what we need to do to make freight rail safer. We have bipartisan, common sense solutions. (00:13–00:24)
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Asserts efforts to hold the railroad accountable and change laws for safer freight rail.
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