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Sherrod Brown: “Norfolk Southern essentially did a controlled burn that put…”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 05:28

They've been helpful sometimes, but they've got to commit to long term health benefits. It's a little, you know, exposure to that stuff. Nobody really knows what it means. Norfolk Southern essentially did a controlled burn that put this stuff into the air that didn't need to be, as it turned out. So this is a company. It's typical Wall street model. They. They laid off a third of their workforce. They paid huge, huge bonuses and stock buybacks. (05:28–06:35)

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Asserts that Norfolk Southern conducted an unnecessary controlled burn that released harmful substances into the air.

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