A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials like the one that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The measure, the Railway Safety Act of 2023, was cosponsored by Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown (D) and J.D. Vance (R) and Pennsylvania Sens. John Fetterman (D) and Bob Casey (D). Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) also cosponsored the measure. The bill would introduce new safety requirements for trains carrying hazardous materials, such as the vinyl chloride carried by the derailed Norfolk Southern train. Going forward, such trains would be required to submit a “gas discharge” plan for all such mater
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