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Brown Supports Call to Increase Fines for Rail Safety Violations
February 22, 2023
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following calls by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to increase the maximum fees that railroads can be fined for safety violations.

"Rail companies and their lobbyists have chipped away at safety rules for decades, and now Ohioans in East Palestine are paying the price," said Brown "We must wo . . .

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