The Post Millennial
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Biden traveled to East Palestine on Friday, the small Ohio town that was at the site of a toxic train derailment over one year ago. This was the first time Biden has traveled to the town since the February 3, 2023 disaster.
Biden spoke for just 6 minutes, and took no questions.
He said his administration “was on the ground within hours working closely with the governor, the mayor, the Senators, House members, community leaders, to make sure you have everything you need.”
Biden applauded the “Herculean efforts” that have been underway in East Palestine since the derailment, and said that the work in the town is “not done yet.”
He said “I want to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable, and make sure they make your community whole now and in the future, and what they do not make whole, what they cannot make whole … the government will make whole.”
Biden said that the tragedy was “100 percent preventable,” and was an “act of greed.”
Biden announced the awarding of six National Institute of Health grants to study the long-term effects of the disaster, which left a black cloud of smoke lingering over the town and nearby area after workers set fire to some of the rail cars.
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