Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted about the February 4 train derailment in East Palestine for the first time on Monday.
"East Palestine railroad derailment will have a significant negative impact on the health and wellbeing of the residents for decades and there is almost zero national media attention," Omar tweeted on Monday.On Monday night,while giving an update on how authorities dealt with the derailment in a series of tweets
"I continue to be concerned about the impacts of the Feb 3 train derailment near East Palestine, OH, and the effects on families in the ten days since their lives were upended through no fault of their own."It's important that families have access to useful & accurate information," Buttigieg tweeted.
"USDOT has been supporting the investigation led by The National Transportation Safety Board . Our Federal Rail Administration and Pipelines and Hazardous Materials teams were onsite within hours of the initial incident and continue to be actively engaged," Buttigieg added."We will look to these investigation results & based on them, use all relevant authorities to ensure accountability and continue to support safety.
"How safe is it for residents of East Palestine? How serious is Norfolk Southern's financial commitment to making residents whole? Why did Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wait until moments ago to issue his first public statement?" Hasan said.criticized the Biden administration for spending trillions on infrastructure while still failing to tackle issues across the country which may have resulted in the derailment in East Palestine.
"We know if you listen to Secretary Buttigieg today, that they are focused more on whether we have too many white men in construction jobs than he is in the fundamentals of his job which is ensuring that we have a viable transportation infrastructure in this country," Vance told
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