PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 22, 2023
Congress has failed to do something more meaningful about freight rail safety than loud oratory. The Senate Commerce Committee voted to approve the Railway Safety Act, which would authorize a number of important safety steps. But the U.S. House of Representatives and its leadership have been a different story. House Republicans are working hard to portray the Biden administration as a disaster for the economy. It doesn’t help that narrative if they’ve signed on to legislation that, while much-needed to protect the health and safety of all Americans, is opposed by the freight operators as too costly and expands the federal government’s regulatory reach. Is this any way to run a railroad? Or supervise one? ~ Baltimore Sun editorial