Tag: Railway Safety Act of 2023

Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill Hours After Another Derailment

March 30, 2023
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Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), co-sponsor Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio), and other Ohio U.S. representatives introduced the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act at a March 30 press conference hours after a BNSF Railway train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Raymond, Minnesota. Residents near the crash site were evacuated. No injuries were reported and…

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Bi-Partisan Cooperation Emerges With Two Bills in Aftermath of Ohio Toxic Train Derailment

March 21, 2023
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Since the toxic derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in eastern Ohio on Feb. 3, Democrats and Republicans have pointed fingers at each other about the disaster and subsequent derailments. Yet bi-partisan cooperation on railroad safety legislation has emerged in both chambers on Capitol Hill. Following the Railway Safety Act of 2023 announced by…

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Bipartisan Cooperation Emerges With 2 Bills in Aftermath of Ohio Toxic Train Derailment

March 21, 2023
DemocratsEast Palestine Train DerailmentNorfolk SouthernOhioPoliticsRAIL ActRailway Safety Act of 2023Regional & State NewsRepublicansState NewsUSUS News
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Since the toxic derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in eastern Ohio on Feb. 3, Democrats and Republicans have pointed fingers at each other about the disaster and subsequent derailments. Yet bi-partisan cooperation on railroad safety legislation has emerged in both chambers on Capitol Hill. Following the Railway Safety Act of 2023 announced by…

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