WASHINGTON – Congressman Derrick Van Orden has been grand-standing for railroad safety after a major derailment at Ferrryville, Wisconsin, but only days earlier voted with House Republicans to cut rail safety inspections. Hypocrisy, said Tommy Garcia, of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Garcia said that Van Orden voted for a bill that would cut 22% from federal rail safety inspections budgets. The bill, Garcia said, would eliminate 140 rail safety inspection days a year in Wisconsin. Nationwide, this would mean 7,000 fewer rail safety inspection days next year alone and over 30,000 fewer miles of track inspected annually, he said.
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Garcia: “Derrick Van Orden turned his back on Wisconsinites when he voted with extreme MAGA Republicans to push America closer to default and cut money for essential rail safety inspections. Van Orden cannot be trusted to keep Wisconsinites safe.”
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