{"id":1280,"date":"2024-02-03T19:38:53","modified":"2024-09-02T20:19:37","slug":"fetterman-statement-on-one-year-anniversary-of-norfolk-southern-train-derailment-in-east-palestine","link":"https:\/\/www.fetterman.senate.gov\/fetterman-statement-on-one-year-anniversary-of-norfolk-southern-train-derailment-in-east-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013<\/b><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"> Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>\u201cToday marks one year since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened the health and livelihoods of the surrounding communities, including some in Pennsylvania.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear: This derailment wasn\u2019t bad luck. It was the result of Norfolk Southern repeatedly putting their profits over the health and safety of the communities that their trains pass through. Communities like Darlington Township, Pennsylvania and East Palestine, Ohio are too often forgotten and overlooked by leaders in Washington and executives at big companies like Norfolk Southern who only care about making their millions.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>\u201cIt\u2019s past time we stand up and fight for these communities. And it\u2019s time we hold Norfolk Southern accountable. The <i>Railway Safety Act<\/i> will do just that \u2013 I\u2019m proud to co-lead it. This is a good, important, bipartisan bill. It\u2019s a bill so necessary and commonsense that it has the support of both Democrats and Republicans in both chambers, President Biden, and even former President Trump.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>\u201cI can\u2019t think of a better way to commemorate the one-year anniversary of this disaster than to pass a bill to ensure it won\u2019t happen again. This shouldn\u2019t be controversial. Let\u2019s get it done.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false}}