Ohio train derailment: JD Vance slams GOP lawmakers opposing his rail safety bill

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) slammed GOP lawmakers opposing his bipartisan rail In the aftermath of the East Palestine train accident, safety measures OhioOn Thursday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard from them and asked questions about their motives.

As the lawmaker for the first time, the new freshman legislator is also leading the legislation with Sen. Sherrod brown (D-OH). He said he’s a conservative but that putting in regulations is necessary to stop similar situations in the future.

“I’ve talked to a number of my Republican colleagues, and nearly everybody has dealt in complete good faith, whether they like the bill or have some concerns about it, and these comments are not directed at them. Who they are directed at is a particular slice of people who seem to think that any public safety enhancement for the rail industry is somehow a violation of the free market,” He stated.

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“Well, if you look at this industry and what’s happened in the last 30 years, that argument is a farce,” He added. “This is an industry that enjoys special subsidies that almost no industry enjoys. This is an industry that has enjoyed special legal carve-outs that almost no industry enjoys. This is an industry that just three months ago had the federal government come in and save them from a labor dispute. It was effectively a bailout, and now, they’re claiming before the Senate and the House that reasonable regulation is somehow a violation of the free market — well, pot meet the kettle because that doesn’t make an ounce of sense.”

Ohio Republican continued to claim that the failure to provide a legislative solution to the derailment of toxic train would have a detrimental effect on the ability to protect corporations instead of the working-class voters who voted them in.