Derailment Resources and Updates
Get resources and updates relating to the Feb. 3rd Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio -- just across the state line from Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Congressman Michael Rulli (R-OH-06) announced new, bipartisan rail safety legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Mike Rulli (OH06) introduced the Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act, legislation to ensure that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients do not lose or have their benefits reduced when they receive settlement payments after a tragedy.
BEAVER COUNTY, PA — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $440,513 in federal funding to the University of Pittsburgh as part of a $10 million East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment Health Research Program to assess the long-term health effects of the 2023 disaster—which impacted nearby residents across the border in Beaver County, in Pennsylvania’s 17th
By Riona Duncan, WESA
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By Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Union Progress
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CARNEGIE, PA – On Saturday July 19, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) joined a rail safety roundtable with Congressman Mike Rulli (R-OH-06), union rail workers, and stakeholders from Beaver County, PA and Eastern Ohio. The discussion focused on pending rail safety legislation, worker safety issues like inspections, and the Trump Administration’s approach to rail safety. Held in Columbiana, OH around 10 miles from the derailment site in East Palestine, the even brought together not only the two U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) reintroduced their bipartisan bill, the Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act, to support first responders on the front lines of hazardous train derailments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two years after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, just across the state line with Pennsylvania, U.S. Representatives Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Ro Khanna (CA-17) today reintroduced the Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally (DERAIL) Act to broaden the definition by which trains are classified as a “high-hazard flammable train” (HHFT).