Category: RAIL Act

Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill Hours After Another Derailment

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…


LIVE 12 PM ET: Congress Ohio Delegation Speaks About the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act

Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Ohio) along with members of the Ohio delegation hold a bipartisan press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 30 to stress the importance of passing H.R. 1633, the Reducing Accidents In Locomotives (RAIL) Act, to improve rail safety across the United States. …


LIVE NOW: Congress Ohio Delegation Speaks About the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act

Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Ohio) along with members of the Ohio delegation hold a bipartisan press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 30 to stress the importance of passing H.R. 1633, the Reducing Accidents In Locomotives (RAIL) Act, to improve rail safety across the United States. …


Congress Ohio Delegation Speaks About the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act

Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Ohio) along with members of the Ohio delegation hold a bipartisan press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 30 to stress the importance of passing H.R. 1633, the Reducing Accidents In Locomotives (RAIL) Act, to improve rail safety across the United States. …


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

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…


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

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…