Blumenthal says system for rail safety rules broken

WSHU | By Craig LeMoult

Published June 3, 2014 at 6:13 PM EDT

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says the system for issuing new federal rail safety rules is broken. Blumenthal questioned the head of the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday in a committee hearing.

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