TO VISIT THE OHIO TOWN.
PETE BUTTIGIEG CLAIMS HE’S
PLANNING TO GO AND HE’LL HAVE
ACTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE IN EAST PALACE TEAM
TODAY.
EXPECTED TO BRING SUPPLIES FOR
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OHIO CONGRESSMAN FINANCIAL
SERVICES COMMITTEE AND SELECT
COMMITTEE ON THE ACADEMY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND
YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN OHIO.
OBVIOUSLY IN PALESTINIAN.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
SITUATION, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN.
>> WILL HAVE A FINAL
DETERMINATION ON HOW THE KIRA
EVERS REAL.
WE KNOW IT WAS A NORFOLK
SOUTHERN TRAIN.
IT IS NOT THE TRAIN THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE KINDA PUT OUT AS THE
RULE THAT WAS CHANGED BUT WE ALL
KNOW EXACTLY.
I SHOULD BE CLEAR EAST PALACE
TEAM IS FOUR AND HALF HOURS AWAY
FROM MY DISTRICT I’M OVER IN
SOUTHWEST OHIO.
MARIA: ADMINISTRATION SAYS
THEY’RE GOING TO HOLD NORFOLK
SOUTHERN ACCOUNTABLE.
I KNOW THE CEO OF NORFOLK
SOUTHERN HAS BEEN THERE TWICE.
DO WE KNOW WHOSE FAULT THIS IS. THE ADMINISTRATION IS ONCE AGAIN
THE ADMINISTRATION IS ONCE AGAIN
TRYING TO BLAME DONALD TRUMP.
>> TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BLAME
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR EVERYTHING
THAT THE CIGARETTE OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION COULD WE KNOW THE
RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN PRETTY WEAK AND IT’S
DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING TO
PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY BUT
ESPECIALLY HERE IN OHIO IN OF
COURSE) IS POLICY IN OHIO. THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
NEEDS TO GET WHAT THE CAUSE IS
AND UNLESS OUR INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE SEEN IT WAS AN ACT OF
SABOTAGE I DON’T KNOW HOW IT’S
NOT NORFOLK SOUTHERN’S FAULT.
IT IS THERE REAL LINE AND THEIR
TRAIN IN THEIR CUSTODY TO THE
CHEMICALS.
AND FRANKLY THE RESPONSE TO IT.
THERE WERE NO GOOD OPTIONS IN
TALKING WITH ONE OF THE FIRE
CHIEFS FROM MY DISTRICT TO
TRAVEL THERE TO BE PART OF THE
HAZMAT RESPONSE TEAM, THEY DID
CONTAIN AS MUCH LIQUID AS
POSSIBLE IN THE CATCH BASIN AND
THEY RELIEVE THE END THEY BURN
THAT SO IT WOULD NOT PENETRATE
INTO THE GROUNDWATER AND WOULD
NOT BE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION TO
OVERHEAT AND CAUSE VAPORIZATION
THAT SPREAD FURTHER IN A MUCH
LARGER BLAST RADIUS.
THERE WERE NO GOOD OPTIONS.
IT MAY BE THAT THEY HANDLE THIS
AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CONSIDERING
WHAT HAPPENED BUT JUST LIKE THE
BP OIL SPILL.
WE DID NOT WAIT TO SAY MAYBE
SOMEHOW BP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE.
BP HAD A RIG, IT FAILED PRETTY
WANTED DETERMINE HOW IT FAILED
TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS
AGAIN.
BUT OF COURSE BP HAD TO CLEAN IT
UP AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THE
MESS UP.
>> CONGRESSMAN I THINK YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THIS IS A
JOINT RESPONSE IN THE SAME WITH
ANY DERAILMENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THE REAL
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN MOVING HAZMAT
FOR 200 YEAR HISTORY.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS IT HAS TO BE A RESPONSE
FROM THE REAL REAL LINE
RESPONSIBLE IN THE GOVERNMENT
THE NTSB, THE EPA, THE DOT.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE HOW WOULD
YOU RATE THE DOT’S RESPONSE AT THIS POINT?
THIS POINT?
>> FRANKLY VERY UNINSPIRING,
MAYOR PETE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO
BE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
HE HAS NOT LED THE AGENCY WELL.
NEVERTHELESS THEY ARE
PROFESSIONALS DOWN THERE THAT
HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE LONG TIME.
THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN IS
APPOINTING.
SOME OF THE RESPONSE FROM THE
EPA IN PARTICULAR, THEY DID NOT
WANT TO SHOW UP TO WORK THEY
WERE TALKING IS IT SAFE FOR THEM
TO GO THERE, WHEN YOU’RE THE EPA
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO
TELL US THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE
RIGHT GEAR TO RESPOND TO
SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
I REMEMBER A PRESS CONFERENCE
WHERE GOVERNOR HAD SAID IT SAFE
TO GO THERE AND OHIO’S EPA HAD
SAID IT SAFE TO GO THERE.
THEN HE HAD THE FEDERAL EPA
SAYING WE CANNOT SEND PEOPLE OUT
THERE UNTIL IT IS SAFE.
MARIA: VERY DIFFERENT
DISAPPOINTING.
MARIA: NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS COME
UP WITH THE FUND TO SEND MONEY
TO THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.
THE STOCK IS TROUBLED 11% OR
MORE SINCE FEBRUARY 3 WHEN THIS
FIRST HAPPENED.
LET ME SWITCH GEARS AND ASK
ABOUT THE JOURNAL REPORTED
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING HE
WILL VISIT RUSSIA WITH THE
SUMMIT OF VLADIMIR PUTIN.
MIKE GALLAGHER WROTE AN OP-ED IN
THE JOURNAL SAYING WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT HOW TO DETER THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY IT’S USEFUL TO
THINK ABOUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH A
BULLY BY GETTING YOUR FRIENDS
TOGETHER AND STANDING UP.
WHAT SHOULD THE U.S. BE DOING
NOW TO STAND UP TO CHINA?
THE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS BEEN
PROBABLY KIDDING NOW
AGGRESSIVELY ON JOE BIDEN’S
WATCH FROM COVID-19 COVER-UP TO
THE SPY BALLOON.
>> XI JINPING AS A TOTAL
DIFFERENT LEADER FOR CHINA THAN
THEY’VE HAD FOR A WHILE.
FOR A LONG TIME CHINA WAS MOVING
TO CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES AS
WELL.
THEY WERE DOING IT WITH TRADE
AND IT WAS NOT A SYSTEM THAT WAS
BENEFITING THE UNITED STATES,
CHINA NEVER LIVED UP AS PART OF
THE WTO AND THEY MANIPULATED
MARKETS, IT’S CRUSHED THE
ECONOMY VERY NOTABLY HERE IN
OHIO AND HORRIBLE TRADE POLICY
BUT CHINA HAS ALSO BENEFITED
FROM THE UNITED STATES BE NOT
WAR FOR 20 YEARS.
WE FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST
AND NOW ARE FOCUSING ON UKRAINE.
THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY OF THIS
IS THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON
THEM.
MARIA: THERE’S ALSO THE FACT
THAT THEY OWN SO MUCH OF OUR
DEBT.
RIGHT CONGRESSMAN, WE HAVE A
DEBT SHOWDOWN 30 WANTED A HALF
TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT, HOW IS
THAT GOING TO PLAY OUT?
>> OBVIOUSLY WOULD GET A RAISE
THE LIMIT BECAUSE WERE NOT GOING
TO DEFAULT BUT YOU DON’T
NORMALLY JUST KEEP RAISING THE
LIMIT ON YOUR DEBT YOU FIND A
WAY TO NOT HIT IN THE FUTURE.
THAT’S A PART OF THE
CONVERSATION THAT DEMOCRATS IN
PARTICULAR WANT TO AVOID BUT A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES WANT TO
LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES WANT TO