Senators grill the Norfolk Southern CEO over the East Palestine rail disaster

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The hearing's first witness, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., noted that residents of Beaver County in Pennsylvania — not far from the accident site — are "scared, particularly the potential exposure that could lead to health impacts to themselves and their families for years," Casey said. He advocated for an effort he's leading with Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, and J.D. Vance, a Republican, that would increase penalties on railroad companies and increase safety requirements.

"It's bipartisan — that never happens around here on big bills," Casey said. "It would be a good start by Norfolk Southern to tell us today that they support the bill."

Brown, who has visited East Palestine, called on Norfolk Southern CEO Shaw to make a financial commitment to cover the cleanup, environmental testing and health care costs "however long it takes to make this community whole."

Brown noted that a second train derailed in Springfield, Ohio.

"The only thing that saved Ohioans from disaster was luck, but we need more than that," Brown said.

Vance, also testifying before Senate colleagues, echoed similar concerns.

"I am a realist. I recognize that you are always going to have accidents but I think that we can make them less likely," Vance said. "I am a Republican, a pretty conservative Republican, and I worry that there has been a movement in my party and against the legislation I have proposed."

He added he believed railroad deregulation was good for consumers but "that doesn't mean we cannot have reasonable safety enhancements in response to what happened in East Palestine."...