Walz Applauds Announcement of Congressional Rail Safety Hearing

Press Release

Today, Representative Tim Walz, a member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, applauded the announcement that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month to review rail safety standards. Following a meeting with concerned citizens in southern Minnesota, Walz joined several of his colleagues in sending a letter to Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA) to request the Subcommittee hold such a hearing in order to evaluate safety standards, particularly for the transport of hazardous materials. To view that letter, please click here.

"We must do everything we can to protect the communities that these hazardous materials are shipped through," Representative Walz said. "I'm pleased Representative Denham agreed that a hearing was necessary to examine ways to increase safety for passengers, shippers, and our local communities."

The hearing, "Oversight of Passenger and Freight Rail Safety," will be held by the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on February 26 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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