The administration was slow on at least its public reaction to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and Buttigieg was pilloried for not responding quicker to a commercial-airliner crisis ...

Buttigieg said railway safety should be a "completely bipartisan, nonpartisan issue," adding that Congress "must pass it into law." Since the East Palestine derailment, there have been more than ...

a train carrying dangerous cargo crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, triggering a public health emergency and widespread panic ...

Then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was also criticized for not making it to East Palestine for a visit for several weeks after the derailment. Norfolk Southern did not respond ...

When a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last year, Pete Buttigieg drew criticism for not showing up right away. In responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge — a far ...

And in early 2023, some Republicans called for Buttigieg to resign after a perceived slow response to a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Republican strategist John Feehery predicts ...