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 think it is your duty to pay attention to what you are doing, and maybe you paying people for the information that you are getting from it is a way to get that done.

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

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

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

I actually fear that we become an explicitly anti-family country in a lot of ways.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Maintain the viability of the two-state solution.

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

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 House to swiftly act to improve the safety, the safety of our railroads.