Buttigieg Invited to East Palestine Town Hall by Ohio Republican Following Railway Accident

Buttigieg Invited to East Palestine Town Hall by Ohio Republican Following Railway Accident
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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A Republican congressman from Ohio who represents East Palestine says it is “past time” for Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to hear the concerns of locals, and that he will “reserve [Buttigieg] a seat,” ahead of a town hall meeting on Wednesday night.

The town hall comes in the wake of a 50-railcar train derailment in East Palestine on Feb. 3. Ten of the derailed cars carried vinyl chloride and other potentially toxic chemicals, causing a hazardous chemical spill.

Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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Savannah Pointer is a politics reporter for The Epoch Times. She can be reached at [email protected]
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