[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD DERAILMENT

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in my district and very near to my 
home, there was a horrific derailment on the Metro-North Railroad, 
which cost the lives of four people and injured another 63. My heart 
goes out to the victims: the people who died, the people who were 
injured, and their families, as well.
  The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, and 
hopefully very soon we will know exactly what happened and have their 
recommendations, as well. Right now, all preliminary accounts say that 
the train was going 83 miles an hour in a 70-mile-an-hour zone that was 
soon by a curve going down to what should have been a 30-mile-an-hour 
zone.
  Again, I hope when the NTSB comes out with recommendations for safety 
on our rail in the United States, that the Congress will act 
accordingly and perhaps pass legislation to make our trains safer. In 
the meantime, again, my heart and our hearts go out to all the victims 
of this horrific tragedy.

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