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Blumenthal Statement on Amtrak Crash

Statement

Date: April 3, 2016
Location: Hartford, CT
Issues: Transportation Infrastructure

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after this morning's Amtrak crash in Pennsylvania.

"Today's tragedy further demonstrates the urgent need to rebuild our crumbling rail infrastructure and ensure safe operations nationwide. ‎My thoughts go out to the victims and their families after yet another tragic Amtrak accident, this one less than a year removed from the Philadelphia disaster and just weeks after a derailment in Kansas. We need answers immediately -- and I am pleased the National Transportation Safety Board has already launched an investigation to find all the facts. Whether due to basic human error or insufficient safety protocols, a massive section of the Northeast Corridor is again shut down, disrupting our economy and upending lives."


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