We ask you to support basic safety regulations so this doesn't happen again.
JD Vance
The Public Record
50th Vice President of the United States in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Ohio.
We can--and we must--have strong businesses. But that doesn't mean businesses should be allowed to reject common sense safety regulations.
This should not have happened in America. This cannot happen again in America.
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.
Both Europe and Japan move more trains over more miles of track than the United States. They have many fewer derailments.
This should not have happened in America. This cannot happen again in America.
I will point out that 9 years ago we made a recommendation from the NTSB that they should provide proper notification to first responders.





