“The fact that they replaced the rails, I think, suggests they’re much more focused on reopening the railway than on cleaning up this community,” J.D. Vance said
Tracey Hoffman, who lives close to where the train derailed, has joined a class-action lawsuit against train operator Norfolk Southern and will no longer drink the tap water.
After a train accident caused hazardous chemicals to spill and burn in their community, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, await answers on their long-term safety.
Republican Sen. JD Vance is to speak in East Palestine, Ohio, before Biden's EPA admin Michael Regan and Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown's hold a joint event at the train derailment site.