JD Vance

We ask you to support basic safety regulations so this doesn't happen again.

We can--and we must--have strong businesses. But that doesn't mean businesses should be allowed to reject common sense safety regulations.

Norfolk Southern has an obligation to restore this community.

I urge the Senate and House to swiftly act to improve the safety, the safety of our railroads.

The people of this village have a right, they have a right to get their lives back.

These measures' provisions are limited, prudent, and urgent.

This should not have happened in America. This cannot happen again in America.

Both Europe and Japan move more trains over more miles of track than the United States. They have many fewer derailments.

The most outrageous and the most ridiculous thing that I have heard from industry groups and other activists in response to this bill is that it is somehow a kind of Bolshevism to require the railways to engage in proper safety standards.

It shouldn't take a train derailment for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people we serve--not corporations like Norfolk Southern.

I would say a railcar would take at least 3 minutes or longer, all in the name of safety.

I don't think we should be mandating 20-minute inspections.

I will point out that 9 years ago we made a recommendation from the NTSB that they should provide proper notification to first responders.

It's time to collectively learn from this and move forward with bipartisan support and the support of Norfolk Southern.

We ask you to support basic safety regulations so this doesn't happen again.

We can--and we must--have strong businesses. But that doesn't mean businesses should be allowed to reject common sense safety regulations.

I urge the Senate and the House to swiftly act to effect meaningful change and improve the safety of our railroads.

I urge the Senate and House to swiftly act to improve the safety, the safety of our railroads.

The people of this village have a right, they have a right to get their lives back.

Norfolk Southern has an obligation to restore this community.

This should not have happened in America. This cannot happen again in America.

Both Europe and Japan move more trains over more miles of track than the United States. They have many fewer derailments.

These measures' provisions are limited, prudent, and urgent.

The most outrageous and the most ridiculous thing that I have heard from industry groups and other activists in response to this bill is that it is somehow a kind of Bolshevism to require the railways to engage in proper safety standards.

It shouldn't take a train derailment for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people we serve--not corporations like Norfolk Southern.