(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A view of the scene Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) President Donald Trump is supporting efforts to advance the Railway Safety Act, legislation written in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment.

The derailment occurred on February 3, 2023.

Rep. Chris Deluzio, who introduced the House version of the Railway Safety Act, praised the support, saying on X Tuesday that “the people of Beaver County and East Palestine have waited long enough.”

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill today.