I think everyone here is concerned about enhancing safety standards to minimize the risk of derailments.
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I applaud him and I applaud Senator Brown for focusing on their constituents.
I think it would be good for the people of East Palestine, and I frankly think it would be good for Norfolk Southern as well.
I will say there are portions of the Brown bill as currently drafted that concern me, in particular giving significantly more authority to the Department of Transportation.
It was done in the prior Administration. It was this Administration that refused to enforce those sanctions that allowed billions of dollars to flow to the Ayatollah that is being used to attack the Ukrainians right now.
I will say in elected politics, it can sometimes be good politics to pick things that are unpopular and declare yourself the enemy of them.
This Administration has shown weakness on Iran since day one and continues to do so.
At the same time, we want to enhance safety, we want to protect the interests of consumers.
What we need as a train crew... is to be notified whenever these trending detectors are seeing this car trend hotter.
What we need as a train crew... is to be notified whenever these trending detectors are seeing this car trend hotter.





