FOLLOWING DISASTROUS TRAIN DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE, KHANNA, DELUZIO INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT AMERICANS AND HOLD RAILROADS ACCOUNTABLE
March 01, 2023
March 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023:
After a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, just across the state line with Pennsylvania, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Chris Deluzio (PA-17) today introduced the Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally (DERAIL) Act to broaden the definition by which trains get classified as a "high-hazard fla . . .
After a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, just across the state line with Pennsylvania, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Chris Deluzio (PA-17) today introduced the Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally (DERAIL) Act to broaden the definition by which trains get classified as a "high-hazard fla . . .