Congress is milk toast. They are totally dysfunctional. Congressional mandates mean nothing. The sanctions against Russia are a prime example.
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Another congressional mandate that Trump cancelled....like Russian sanctions
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That's not accurate. Congress in 2015 caved to the rail industry and pushed the deadline back. Wasn't a Trump Administration decision.
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You are accurate Congress did cave in 2015. Trump caved further by naming Mitch McConnell wife Elaine Chow as secretary of Transportation. Bad, very bad indeed.
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Not that this would go anywhere or is even legal, but maybe the Families of victims in these recent train accidents can file a lawsuit (civil) against
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Since my mother in law was murdered by an illegal alien can I sue President Obama? Or Governor Brown? Seriously, three people have died in train wrecks this year. How many hundred’s of people have to die for you to care about illegal immigration?
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"Positive train controls" not in place yet? Isn't that the same excuse cited for the
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Deadline for installation is the end of 2018
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Weren’t there some extensions granted to that deadline though? And weren’t there political reasons for some of that?
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Yes. It's a real shame that such highly effective safety engineering, now so timely, was so delayed. BTW, I should've been clearer. I'm not blaming
#Trump's "deregulation happy" admin entirely for these failures but it's likely to not improve in next 3yrs.
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Infrastructure is failing in America.
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Who actually controls that section of track? CSX or Amtrak? Lets start with some basics. Positive control is nice but it really addresses a symptom and not the problem.
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OK. So now the next question is why did their traffic management system fail? They are the equivalent of Air Traffic Control. Positive control is like aircraft proximity warning signals. By the time they alert drastic and still very dangerous action must be taken.
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We don’t know that’s what failed.
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You start at the beginning and work forward. That is the beginning.
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@AmtrakNEC@USDOT the US can't get it right!! Trains falling off tracks and poor training!!@realDonaldTrump lack of a good transportation billThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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