The Biden administration was super interested in Blaming Trump and Republicans until the findings started coming in and they showed the derailment had nothing to do with the rule Trump nixed due to the law Republicans passed. You had Mayor Pete blaming Trump the other day when he finally showed up in East Palestine (because Trump went there the day before). And now Pete will see he and his agency be investigated
What’s happening: House Oversight Republicans are starting an investigation into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in which toxic chemicals were released into the air, water and soil in a small town near the state’s border with Pennsylvania.
Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and committee Republicans on Friday sent a letter, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO, to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg requesting documents and communications related to his response to the train derailment, including when he found out about it and what guidance he might have gotten on how to respond.
What else Republicans are asking for by March 10: Republicans are also requesting documents and communications since Jan. 20, 2021 about any changes to the department’s train maintenance and procedures, about the National Transportation Safety Board’s work on determining the cause of the derailment, and how the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is handling hazardous materials at the site.
“The American people deserve answers as to what caused the derailment, and DOT needs to provide an explanation for its leadership’s apathy in the face of this emergency. We request documents and information regarding DOT’s response to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and ensuing environmental and public health emergency,” the GOP lawmakers wrote.
Obviously, oversight in this matter has made the Biden administration upset, so, rather than responding like a public employee who owes answer to the American People, and especially the people of the East Palestine area, Mayor Pete claps back like he’s a pop singer
But Buttigieg, in a tweet, knocked the phrasing of the GOP letter, saying that he was “alarmed to learn that the Chair of the House Oversight Committee thinks that the NTSB is part of our Department. NTSB is independent (and with good reason).”
How cute. Especially since
(Politico) Air samples collected around East Palestine, Ohio, continue to show higher-than-normal levels of several hazardous chemicals three weeks after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train, a team of university researchers said Friday.
But the Biden administration said the concentrations of those substances are not high enough to cause concern in the short term — and they will not persist long enough to create long-term health risks after crews remove contaminated soil from the crash site.
Well, the people of the area sure don’t feel great, but, fortunately, a renowned doctor says so
One of lead researchers agreed with the EPA that the pollution levels do not pose an “imminent threat to health and safety.”
“This could be a concern if those levels were sustained over the long term,” said Weihsueh Chiu, a professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology at Texas A&M University, which conducted the analysis of EPA data collected between Feb. 4 and this past Tuesday.
So, not a people doctor?
I know this FOOL Joe Biden didn’t say what I think he said!
He didn’t go to East Palestine Ohio because he got on ZOOM to check on them?
But he went to UKRAINE ? Why he couldn’t get on ZOOM with Zelensky
IMPEACH THIS CLOWN pic.twitter.com/IGJqT5GUBj
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) February 25, 2023
Yeah, he said it.
Trump cut safety oversight
Said it was too expensive
Railroads forced overtime to 80 hours. Gave no paid sick days so workers worked sick. He rolled back Obama era safety regulations
Except he didn’t, johnnie boy.
Have another toke and praise Buddha.
#HasBrandonBeenToOhioYet
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The Dose Makes the Poison… toxicity depends on dose and duration of exposure.
So, Con-GOPs are “grooming” the population to depend on the gubmint for their safety!
It is gratifying that Con-GOPs now favor increased industry safety regulations, even though Trump eliminated many regulations.
It’s interesting that Con-GOPs have yet to blame the Railway company, preferring to blame Dems AFTER the derailment! LOL.
Rimjob seems to have only one mode and that is evidence-free accusation, tossing out one accusation after another that he can’t ever back up (like johnnie boy). He’s a true believer. The trouble is, he believes things just because he wants to believe them.
Well, that and being a total dumbass.
#KeepBelievingTheLie
#Trump2024
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