A group of bipartisan senators unveiled legislation Wednesday to tighten train safety standards after last month's train derailment in Ohio, but House Republicans remain wary of new regulations on the rail industry.
Led by Ohio’s Democratic and Republican senators, Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, the legislation would make all rail carriers notify state governments if trains moving hazardous materials will enter their territory.
“It shouldn’t take a massive railroad disaster for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people we serve,” said Mr. Brown, a Democrat who is running for re-election in increasingly Republican Ohio in 2024. The derailment was one of three to occur on tracks owned by Norfolk Southern Railway in the past six months. A similar derailment occurred in October near Sandusky, Ohio, and another happened in mid-February in southeast Michigan.
Support within the GOP-controlled House remains just as murky. Republican lawmakers have been quick to blame Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for the derailment, demurring on imposing new regulations on the railway industry.
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