Buttigieg Faces Tough Questions on Rail Safety From Republican Senators

Buttigieg Faces Tough Questions on Rail Safety From Republican Senators
Cleanup continues at the site of the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Jeff Louderback/The Epoch Times
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Two Republican senators are calling on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to account for “oversight” of the freight train system in the wake of the derailment in Ohio on Feb. 3.

A 50-railcar Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, made headlines after 11 of the 20 cars carrying vinyl chloride and other potentially toxic chemicals caused a hazardous chemical spill.