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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
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One political party blaming the other political party and that means what? Why don’t you go ahead and explain to everyone here exactly how that helps anyone in East Palestine Ohio or communities in the future? This administration has been in office for two years now and like the previous Trump & Obama administrations has done absolutely nothing to better railway safety, they just kicked the can down the road. And when a train did derail spilling toxic materials in a community, ground, atmosphere and water. After 12 days later out pops a ‘fact sheet’ blaming the other party, which is just an admission they knew about it but still did nothing. Then 19 days later after toxicity levels dropped they finally got a visit by the guy responsible for regulating railway safety, and eventually personal public acknowledgement of the accident by his boss on the 20th day.
And who in the hell said it would take an act of congress to reinstate the brake regulations? God I hope nobody is stupid enough to believe that.
Anyone with the slightest clue would know the 1966 Act of Congress establishing the Department of Transportation is quite sufficient authority for Petey to do his job.
Department of Transportation Act of 1966. The purpose of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is to promulgate and enforce rail safety regulations, administer railroad assistance programs, conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy, provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service, and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities.