{"id":1848511,"date":"2023-02-15T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848511"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:41:02","slug":"buttigieg-touts-funding-to-improve-rail-safety-in-wake-of-ohio-train-crash-doesnt-mention-what-hes-doing-right-now-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-touts-funding-to-improve-rail-safety-in-wake-of-ohio-train-crash-doesnt-mention-what-hes-doing-right-now-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg Touts Funding To Improve Rail Safety In Wake Of Ohio Train Crash, Doesn\u2019t Mention What He\u2019s Doing Right Now To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuttigieg-touts-funding-to-improve-rail-safety-in-wake-of-ohio-train-crash-doesnt-mention-what-hes-doing-right-now-to-help%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transport<\/a> Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> The following was discussed: <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration\u2019s<\/a> Following the tragedy, efforts were made to finance rail safety. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio-train-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">train derailment<\/a> East Palestine <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a>As lawmakers on both sides push him to address the catastrophe,<\/p>\n<p>All residents within one-mile of the crash were evacuated by state and local authorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/evacuation-ordered-ohio-governor-warns-major-explosion-could-send-shrapnel-a-mile-from-derailed-train\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a> To reduce the chance of an explosion, it is possible to control the burning of volatile chemicals. Vinyl chloride (a carcinogen used in the production of PVC) was released from five train cars as massive plumes visible throughout eastern Ohio, and western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\/status\/1625628590850117633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Tuesday night, he posted on social media that it was \u201cwanted to share\u201d The administration has taken steps to improve rail safety \u201cin the wake of the East Palestine derailment and its impact on hundreds of residents.\u201d He mentioned \u201chistoric investments on rail safety\u201d The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a piece legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-signs-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-calls-it-truly-historic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signed<\/a>\u00a0In November 2021, President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg mentioned $120 million last summer for improving railway safety, $32.4million to strengthen local hazardous materials incident response responses, and $3Billion for the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program. \u201cIn too many communities across America, outdated railroad crossings are unsafe, result in lengthy wait times, and can even create significant delays in our supply chains,\u201d Buttigieg stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/railroads.dot.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/president-biden-usdot-announce-more-573-million-available-funding-new-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement<\/a> Information about the initiative \u201cWe can improve rail crossings and help people and goods get where they need to go more safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg stated that the administration is being \u201cconstrained\u201d rail safety as a consequence of a \u201cbraking rule withdrawn by the Trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by Congress in 2015.\u201d He also said that he was \u201calways ready to work with Congress\u201d On restoring or improving \u201ccapacity to address rail safety issues\u201d Visit his agency.<\/p>\n<p>After several Republicans and Democrats, including Rep. Ilhan Omr (D-MN), made these remarks, Buttigieg was pushed for \u201cdirect action\u201d Criticized other senior officials for their behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-pushes-buttigieg-for-direct-action-after-ohio-train-derailment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Response<\/a> To the train derailment. Buttigieg was nevertheless present at the National Association of Counties Conference Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1625175573931737091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss<\/a> He did not mention the crisis but he addressed issues like racial equity within the construction sector. Buttigieg finally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\/status\/1625305036854009856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broken<\/a> He continued his silence via a social media post on Monday. It promised that he is. \u201cconcerned about the impacts\u201d The impact of the derailment upon local families \u201cin the ten days since their lives were upended through no fault of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana before becoming a nationally known figure by running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He has been subject to multiple scandals during his time at the Transportation Department. After adopting twins, the official was granted months of paid leave. This even while the supply chain crisis was raging. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dampen<\/a> The economy and worsened inflationary pressures. Buttigieg likewise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigieg-vacationed-in-posh-european-tourist-destination-as-rail-unions-neared-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vacationed<\/a> Portugal: Rail workers in Portugal were planning to strike at year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p>He was also criticised for the Federal Aviation Administration outage that caused the system to go down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/faa-reveals-more-details-on-system-outage-that-grounded-flights-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caused<\/a> all flights nationwide to be grounded for several hours last month, as well as the administration\u2019s handling of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jake-tapper-grills-pete-buttigieg-over-bidens-handling-of-chinese-spy-balloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">permitted<\/a> You can traverse all of the United States. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buttigiegs-focus-is-ramming-through-equity-not-assuring-transportation-safety-his-departments-website-proves-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analysis<\/a> The Daily Wire reported that Transportation Department has given priority to \u201cinstitutionalizing equity\u201d at the agency under Buttigieg\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discussed the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to fund rail safety following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle push him to address the disaster. Local and state authorities evacuated all residents within one mile of the crash and started a controlled burn of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":946011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4943,6444,7118,6513,5599,8846,17809,4333,7916,8390,8817,9985,7803],"class_list":["post-1848511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-buttigieg","tag-crash","tag-doesnt","tag-funding","tag-hes","tag-improve","tag-mention","tag-ohio","tag-rail","tag-safety","tag-touts","tag-train","tag-wake"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}